https://jamoke.news/topic/voting-election-lawFights over who votes and how ballots are counted: noncitizen-voting claims, mail ballots, voter rolls and election-certification lawsuits.en-usSat, 07 Nov 2026 03:03:20 +0000https://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-06-doj-dropping-suit-over-alleged-noncitizen-ballotshttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-06-doj-dropping-suit-over-alleged-noncitizen-ballotsSat, 07 Nov 2026 01:39:00 +0000The Justice Department (DOJ) requested Friday to dismiss its lawsuit against California, which sought to make the state's election officials set aside roughly 20,000 ballots for voters the federal government alleged were not U.S. citizens. https://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-06-colom-s-razor-thin-senate-race-puts-mississippi-s-voter-rolls-in-the-shttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-06-colom-s-razor-thin-senate-race-puts-mississippi-s-voter-rolls-in-the-sFri, 06 Nov 2026 20:26:01 +0000Americans on both sides of the political aisle are watching the nail-bitingly close Mississippi Senate race, where a controversial voter-roll cleanup has come under scrutiny after some voters reported problems casting their ballots.Why it mhttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-06-us-midterm-elections-2026-live-all-eyes-on-last-two-razor-thin-senatehttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-06-us-midterm-elections-2026-live-all-eyes-on-last-two-razor-thin-senateFri, 06 Nov 2026 14:34:11 +0000Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R) is fighting for her political life as Democrat Scott Colom threatens to pull off one of the biggest upsets of the midterms in a state that hasn’t elected a Democratic senator since 1982. Before polls clhttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-05-senate-gop-s-campaign-arm-demands-mississippi-election-officials-presehttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-05-senate-gop-s-campaign-arm-demands-mississippi-election-officials-preseThu, 05 Nov 2026 23:25:19 +0000The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) is demanding that Mississippi election officials preserve election documents and all affidavit ballots, typically called provisional ballots, taking the first step toward possible legal achttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-04-doj-subpoenas-california-counties-over-alleged-noncitizen-votinghttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-04-doj-subpoenas-california-counties-over-alleged-noncitizen-votingWed, 04 Nov 2026 18:55:11 +0000The Supreme Court denied the Trump administration's request Monday to hear its case regarding more than 20,000 California ballots that President Trump claims were cast by noncitizens.Why it matters: It's a blow to the administration, which https://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-03-we-will-find-you-trump-officials-pledge-to-arrest-noncitizen-votershttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-03-we-will-find-you-trump-officials-pledge-to-arrest-noncitizen-votersWed, 04 Nov 2026 01:46:51 +0000Immigration agents did not show up in large numbers at polling places. But Trump administration officials repeatedly warned on Election Day that noncitizen voters would face consequences.https://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-03-9th-circuit-block-on-california-noncitizen-voter-probe-lifted-then-reshttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-03-9th-circuit-block-on-california-noncitizen-voter-probe-lifted-then-resTue, 03 Nov 2026 13:05:47 +0000A 9th Circuit panel briefly lifted a block on DOJ noncitizen voting investigations in California, but the full 11-judge court reversed course overnight.https://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-03-trump-effort-to-prove-rampant-noncitizen-voting-leads-to-few-charges-shttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-03-trump-effort-to-prove-rampant-noncitizen-voting-leads-to-few-charges-sTue, 03 Nov 2026 10:03:12 +0000Around 236 people have been charged with voting fraud-related offenses by the Trump administration, despite its unsubstantiated claims that fraud is widespread.https://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-02-thousands-of-nevada-voters-receive-mail-ballots-with-printing-errorhttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-02-thousands-of-nevada-voters-receive-mail-ballots-with-printing-errorMon, 02 Nov 2026 22:25:57 +0000Thousands of voters in Washoe County, Nev., received mail-in ballot return envelopes with the word “FALSE” written on them. A spokesperson for the county’s Registrar of Voters, George Guthrie, said in a statement to The Hill that the affecthttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-02-doj-calls-for-sanctions-over-california-voter-rolls-analysishttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-02-doj-calls-for-sanctions-over-california-voter-rolls-analysisMon, 02 Nov 2026 21:50:20 +0000The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Sunday defended the accuracy of its claim that more than 20,000 “likely noncitizens” are on California’s voter rolls, even after an outside analysis found that more than 40 percent of the names flagged as https://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-02-trump-asks-supreme-court-to-intervene-in-california-ballot-casehttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-02-trump-asks-supreme-court-to-intervene-in-california-ballot-caseMon, 02 Nov 2026 16:58:53 +0000The Supreme Court denied the Trump administration's request Monday to hear its case regarding more than 20,000 California ballots that President Trump claims were cast by noncitizens.Why it matters: It's a blow to the administration, which https://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-01-justice-department-urges-sanctions-for-database-analysis-critical-of-ihttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-11-01-justice-department-urges-sanctions-for-database-analysis-critical-of-iSun, 01 Nov 2026 23:18:16 +0000The Justice Department is urging a federal judge to consider whether to hold an immigrant rights group in contempt of court for disclosing the results of its analysis of a dataset of alleged noncitizens registered to vote in Californiahttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-31-election-officials-worry-about-doj-monitoring-of-tuesday-s-votehttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-31-election-officials-worry-about-doj-monitoring-of-tuesday-s-voteSat, 31 Oct 2026 21:14:31 +0000Some election officials have been notified that the DOJ will be monitoring their polling stations. NPR's voting correspondent Miles Parks explains what he's watching for on election day - and afterwards.https://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-31-attorneys-for-alaska-say-meritless-trump-demand-to-set-aside-senate-bahttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-31-attorneys-for-alaska-say-meritless-trump-demand-to-set-aside-senate-baSat, 31 Oct 2026 20:14:48 +0000A federal judge on Sunday rejected the Trump administration’s lawsuit that demanded officials not certify election results in the Senate race there, if the incumbent senator loses. NBC News’ Steve Patterson reports.https://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-31-troubling-discovery-on-state-voter-rolls-sparks-action-days-before-midhttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-31-troubling-discovery-on-state-voter-rolls-sparks-action-days-before-midSat, 31 Oct 2026 09:00:22 +0000A conservative legal group's complaint alleges 3,181 potentially dead voters and 693 duplicate registrations remain on Maine's voter rolls.https://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-30-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-stop-threatening-election-officiahttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-30-judge-orders-trump-administration-to-stop-threatening-election-officiaSat, 31 Oct 2026 02:19:44 +0000A federal judge issued a sweeping order blocking the Trump administration from threatening or intimidating election officials amid pressure tactics used by the administration in the weeks leading up to next week’s midterm elections.https://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-30-federal-judge-bars-doj-from-threatening-election-workers-to-stop-procehttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-30-federal-judge-bars-doj-from-threatening-election-workers-to-stop-proceSat, 31 Oct 2026 01:30:07 +0000A federal judge Friday blocked the Trump administration from threatening election workers with criminal prosecution for counting ballots cast by registered voters the administration claims are ineligible.Why it matters: The emergency order,https://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-30-biscuit-the-dog-is-latest-dead-felon-to-get-their-voting-rights-back-fhttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-30-biscuit-the-dog-is-latest-dead-felon-to-get-their-voting-rights-back-fFri, 30 Oct 2026 21:03:21 +0000A deceased Goochland County beagle named Biscuit reportedly received a Virginia rights restoration certificate, prompting calls for an audit.https://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-29-california-officials-face-grand-jury-subpoenas-as-doj-expands-voting-phttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-29-california-officials-face-grand-jury-subpoenas-as-doj-expands-voting-pThu, 29 Oct 2026 22:45:55 +0000More than 4 in 10 names flagged as possible noncitizen voters in California by the Trump administration can’t even be found on the state’s voter rollshttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-29-trump-administration-opens-criminal-investigation-over-alleged-noncitihttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-29-trump-administration-opens-criminal-investigation-over-alleged-noncitiThu, 29 Oct 2026 21:59:34 +0000On Wednesday, judge declined administration’s request to order state to not count ballots from up to 20,000 peopleThe Trump administration has opened a criminal investigation in California over claims that thousands of noncitizens are regishttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-29-election-expert-sounds-alarm-on-how-noncitizens-are-landing-on-voter-rhttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-29-election-expert-sounds-alarm-on-how-noncitizens-are-landing-on-voter-rThu, 29 Oct 2026 18:41:22 +0000J. Christian Adams says the SAVE database could help clean voter rolls, but California and Washington still refuse to use it for verification.https://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-29-u-s-citizens-included-on-doj-list-of-400-alleged-noncitizens-washingtohttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-29-u-s-citizens-included-on-doj-list-of-400-alleged-noncitizens-washingtoThu, 29 Oct 2026 17:30:40 +0000Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs shot back at the Department of Justice (DOJ) for asking him to order his election officials to set aside ballots for hundreds of people the federal government identified as alleged non-U.S. citizenshttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-28-doj-s-california-ballot-fight-rejected-by-another-judgehttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-28-doj-s-california-ballot-fight-rejected-by-another-judgeThu, 29 Oct 2026 00:59:22 +0000The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Justice Department's request for California to set aside disputed ballots​ received in the midterm election.https://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-28-alaska-s-gop-led-government-asks-court-to-block-doj-senate-race-certifhttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-28-alaska-s-gop-led-government-asks-court-to-block-doj-senate-race-certifWed, 28 Oct 2026 15:28:30 +0000Alaska's GOP-led government is urging a federal court to dismiss the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) lawsuit seeking to bar the state from certifying its midterm election results, according to a Monday court filing. The DOJ lawsuit, filed lashttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-28-billionaire-taxes-trans-rights-abortion-voting-rights-this-year-s-bigghttps://jamoke.news/story/2026-10-28-billionaire-taxes-trans-rights-abortion-voting-rights-this-year-s-biggWed, 28 Oct 2026 14:00:00 +0000At least $400 million has been spent on TV ads for ballot initiatives this cycle.