Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter to get the latest. Election Day 2026 is in the books, and it was generally a smooth day of voting. Although there were some problems at polling places, they were…

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter to get the latest. Once voters have cast their ballots in an election, that’s usually the end of the story for them. But for election officials, things are far from…

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter to get the latest. The U.S. Department of Justice is planning to send around 1,000 election monitors to observe the midterm elections — the department’s largest…

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for our free weekly newsletter to get the latest. Election officials heading into Election Day describe widespread stress and anxiety over the Trump administration’s ongoing threats against election…