Voting rights reporter @guardianus. Formerly @huffpost. sam.levine@theguardian.com. @samrlevine.bsky.social
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LaVaughn Williams is a former felon who voted for the first time in Virginia today. Listen to her talk about the power of the ballot
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PSA: Maricopa County Recorder phone line provides incorrect election date. Correct date is Nov. 3.
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New: The list of 20,000 non-citizens DOJ provided to Los Angeles election officials includes duplicates, cancelled registration and "high percentage of U.S. born-persons," LA officials say theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
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DOJ defends itself in another case filed by January 6 rioter storage.courtlistener.com/re…
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DoJ charges 28 green card holders in California over alleged voter fraud theguardian.com/us-news/2026… w/ @SamTLevin
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NYPost has revised the headline on the piece quoted here. This morning the headline referred to the arrests as a "voter fraud ring," which is not accurate. Papers filed by prosecutors today offer no evidence any the individuals were part of a "ring" or associated w each other
I’m proud of the work of our @HSI_HQ agents and our @FBI partners on Operation Protect the Vote in California.
American elections are for Americans, and every non-citizen registered to vote and voting in our elections takes away the legitimacy of our republic.
We will continue to root out voter fraud all across America and ensure our elections are free and fair.
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There were 174 million people registered to vote in the 2024 presidential election census.gov/newsroom/press-re…
With the unsealing of cases in California and Pennsylvania today, there's been 169 individuals charged federally for illegally registering or voting as a noncitizen since the start of this administration. There's been 38 new cases in the last four days.
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With the unsealing of cases in California and Pennsylvania today, there's been 169 individuals charged federally for illegally registering or voting as a noncitizen since the start of this administration. There's been 38 new cases in the last four days.
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The Trump administration has lost every lawsuit it has filed seeking voter rolls across the country. It is 0-26. 4 were appointed by George W. Bush. Eight of the judges who ruled against the government were appointed by President Trump. projects.propublica.org/trum…
For two years the Trump Admin has sought federal voter rolls and welfare rolls from blue states to run against the federal non-citizen database—Democrat states refused and Democrat judges blocked DOJ/DHS. In every blue state you can vote or get welfare just by checking a box.
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New: The Justice Department is escalating its fight with California, warning that local officials who tabulate or process ballots from suspected non-citizen voters are at risk of investigation and prosecution, per letter obtained by @AP. More here:
apnews.com/article/californi…
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The US Department of Justice sued California on Thursday, seeking a court order to prevent the state from tabulating certain ballots cast in the midterm elections theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
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DOJ reveals in court filing it gave CA election officials 48 hours to verify whether 20k people were non-citizens and should have their ballots counted (exact number was not previously known).
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21 days before elex day, DOJ sent LA county a thumb drive it said containing information about non-citizens allegedly on the county's voter rolls. County says DOJ provided no information about methodology and it is not going to touch the drive because it does not consider secure
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DOJ gave LA until noon EST tomorrow to review information and threatened "emergency relief" if the county did not comply. LA's skepticism comes as similar claims of non-citizen voters in Nevada have fallen apart. theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
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After a Republican effort to gain a congressional seat in Missouri collapsed, voters are furious. “Everybody wants to motherfuck the secretary of state,” one voter told me last week in St. Louis. theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
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New: DNC sues Trump administration over last-minute changes to overseas voting form theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
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Tarrant county DA spox confirms they will not ask for rehearing or appeal this decision in any way.
Breaking news: The nearly decade-long case of Crystal Mason, a Black Texas woman who was sentenced to five years in prison in a controversial illegal voting case will end with an acquittal, the state’s highest criminal court said on Thursday. theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
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Breaking news: The nearly decade-long case of Crystal Mason, a Black Texas woman who was sentenced to five years in prison in a controversial illegal voting case will end with an acquittal, the state’s highest criminal court said on Thursday. theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
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This error will compound the backlog of voter registration Texas has every election cycle because the state is one of 8 states without online voter registration. Excellent scoop from Natalia for @VotebeatUS:
SCOOP: DPS failed to send Texas county registrars an unknown number of voter registration applications submitted through its online portal. #txlege
votebeat.org/texas/2026/09/2…
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BREAKING: The 8th Circuit has ordred Missouri to reinstate the GOP-friendly gerrymander that appeared dead multiple times after SCOTUS blocked it during previous rounds of litigation.
Back to SCOTUS we go.
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AP exclusive: Postal Service chief says work has stopped on a computer system that was key to President Trump's effort to limit mail voting. apnews.com/article/trump-mai…
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