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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks as FBI Director Kash Patel listens at a press conference at the Department of Justice on April 27, 2026 in Washington, DC. The officials took questions from the press and gave updates about the case against Cole Tomas Allen, the suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents Dinner. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

DOJ releases legal rationale for nationwide voter data collection

The memo claims a robust executive branch role vetting voter eligibility. One Secretary of State called it a “fantasy” that “isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on.”
Los Angeles, CA – January 06:Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a republican candidate for California governor, joins Kate Monroe, an advocate for veterans, on a tour of Skid Row in Los Angeles on Tuesday, January 6, 2026. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

State officials, election experts question California sheriff’s seizure of ballots

The attorney general has suggested the basis of the investigation and warrant stem from a rambling citizen presentation at a county meeting last month.
Ballots are tabulated on election night at the Fulton County Elections Hub and Operation Center on November 5, 2024 in Fairburn, Georgia. (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images)

Fulton County lawsuit claims feds used ‘gross mischaracterizations’ to justify raid

A former federal election official says the FBI's affidavit justifying last month's Fulton County raid misrepresented basic election facts, despite the agency's claims having already been investigated…
WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 10: U.S. Rep. Bryan Steil (R-WI) speaks during a House Rules Committee meeting on February 10, 2026 in Washington, DC. The House Rules Committee is meeting to consider amendments recently introduced into the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, also known as the SAVE Act. This proposed law would amend the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to require “documentary proof of United States citizenship” to register to vote. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

GOP Congress moves to shape election law in Trump’s image

The MEGA Act and SAVE Act would dramatically transform U.S. election laws in a quest to curb election fraud. Audits and experts say improprieties are extremely rare.  
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A poll worker helps a person cast their ballot at Fifteenth Avenue Baptist Church on December 2, 2025 in Nashville, Tennessee. Voters head to the polls to fill the house seat left vacant after the resignation of Republican Mark Green. (Photo by Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

As feds pull back, states look inward for election security support

Secretaries of State are scrambling to replace cybersecurity services once provided by CISA and other federal agencies.
Ballots arrive at the Fulton County Elections Hub and Operation Center on election night on November 5, 2024 in Fairburn, Georgia. The FBI carried out a raid on the Fulton County election offices (Photo by Megan Varner/Getty Images)

Lawmakers, election officials blast Trump administration after Fulton County raid 

State election officials pressed White House officials for their legal rationale and expressed concern about the impact of similar raids tied to the 2026 elections.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrives for a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on May 8, 2025. Noem testified before the Homeland Security Subcommittee about her department’s FY 2026 budget request. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Congressional appropriators move to extend information-sharing law, fund CISA

The legislation also includes mandates on election security funding and CISA staff levels, as well as an extension of a state and local cyber grant program.
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