With seven weeks until Election Day, officials are preparing for seized ballots, troops at the polls and a postal system that could reject ballots by the batch.
As they wait for word on whether the Trump administration’s new system to screen ballots can move forward, local officials say they are running out of time.
Private voting rights attorneys and Democratic attorneys general are preparing to defend election officials and file lawsuits against the federal government.
Elections officials are grappling with voters using artificial intelligence chatbots, such as ChatGPT or Claude, to get information about upcoming election dates.
Markwayne Mullin reiterated the president’s false claims about voting security while escalating the administration’s legally questionable attempts to control state elections.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin will speak with reporters Friday morning on election security and integrity, hours after President Trump's primetime address on the topic. During his speech, Trump made another push for the SAVE America Act, which would require proof of citizenship when registering to vote and photo IDs when casting a ballot, and accused China of meddling in the 2020 election. Mullin on Friday sent letters to election officials in four states with a warning about non-citizens included on voter rolls, according to DHS. The Trump administration has also previously floated deploying federal immigration enforcement officials to polling places. #markwaynemullin #midterms #electionsecurity
LOS ANGELES, CA — California election officials reminded voters over the weekend that there are just 30 days left to mail in their vote for the Los Angeles mayoral election that happened last Tuesday.