“It’s just support. It’s general support,” which New Hampshire could use from the federal government, its chief election official says. “Leave the actual processes up to the states.”
The USPS issued a final rule on Friday, and the Supreme Court overruled a lower court in a related case on Monday. But the developments are hardly decisive about elections this November.
Poll worker shortages are a common concern of election officials nationwide. In West Virginia and Tennessee, the secretaries of state try out something new to aid recruitment efforts.
The efforts of the Yavapai County Recorder’s office will likely help bolster trust in its elections, but it offers some useful information for officials and voters in other jurisdictions, too.
The president’s removal of two Election Assistance Commission members left a technical support agency vacant but is likely to have little effect on the 2026 Midterms.
A judge determined that using a federal data tool for verifying voters’ citizenship status was beyond its lawful purpose. But the existence of such a mechanism might fill a need.
The opinion, written by Justice Barrett, says that elections are defined by the voters’ choices, not by the receipt of ballots, effectively allowing “postmark rules” in 14 states to stand.
Former Kentucky secretary of state Trey Grayson talks about federalism and the shoe finding the other foot, in response to President Trump’s executive order on elections.
Primary season in the Magnolia State is concluding, but the calendar quickly turns to a mail ballot issue before the high court that involves their state’s leadership and could affect the general election across the U.S.
Local and state officials mostly default to opposing federal intervention in elections. But many Republicans at the federal level are rejecting the very idea, too.
Attorney General Pam Bondi looped a widespread request for state voter roll data into the federal government’s ongoing immigration operations in the state.
Turnover in election administration is becoming better documented, based on recent research. But what is for certain is the changing nature of the job under threat.
Pinal County’s connection to Phoenix illustrates how administrators now spend as much time shaping election policy as running it, with hundreds of bills to monitor every year.
