Judge James Boasberg ordered the Department of Justice to respond to interrogatories from Democratic national organizations and a voter identifying all states that received federal voter roll removal communications

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The United States Supreme Court rejected an effort by the Trump administration to force California to set aside ballots from thousands of individuals alleged by the administration to be non-citizens

A federal judge barred the Trump administration from pressuring US states to withhold ballots over disputed claims regarding voter eligibility

On November 2, 2026, the US Supreme Court rejected Donald Trump's attempt to prevent California from counting ballots from more than 20,000 voters suspected of being non-citizens

Maine and Alaska both utilize ranked-choice voting for their federal elections

In ranked-choice voting systems in Maine and Alaska, an instant-runoff tabulation occurs if no candidate achieves more than 50% of the vote

In Maine, local election officials count ballots by hand in many jurisdictions across the state

Title 18, Section 241 of the United States Code criminalizes conspiracies to oppress or deprive citizens of constitutionally secured rights, including voting

The District Court of Appeal of Florida Third District previously disqualified an election candidate for attempting to run using the name of an incumbent candidate

The Alaska Supreme Court upheld the ballot eligibility of candidate Daniel Sullivan in the Alaska United States Senate race

More than 50 million Americans cast ballots during early voting ahead of the 2026 midterm elections

Voting precincts in Kentucky and Indiana close their polls at 6:00 PM Eastern Time on election night

A federal judge dismissed a United States Department of Justice lawsuit challenging the 2026 election ballot in Alaska

A federal judge dismissed a United States Department of Justice lawsuit seeking to halt certification of Alaska's Senate race over potential voter confusion regarding two candidates named Dan Sullivan

Federal Judge Sharon Gleason dismissed a Trump administration lawsuit seeking to block Alaska officials from certifying Senate election results if incumbent Dan S. Sullivan lost

Democratic national organizations and an individual voter filed a federal lawsuit in Washington, D.C. seeking to block federal demands that state officials remove registered voters from voter rolls

Shortly before the October 30, 2026 hearing on the proposed Washington, D.C. arch, the federal government filed declarations from Pete Hegseth and Secretary Mullen asserting national security concerns

Maureen Comey was terminated in 2025 from her position as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York

Judge James Boasberg presided over a hearing regarding federal efforts directing state and local election officials to purge or segregate ballots of identified registered voters

The United States Department of Justice argued in federal court that a second candidate named Daniel Sullivan on the Alaska ballot would confuse voters

The United States Department of Justice announced plans to appeal Federal Judge Sharon Gleason's dismissal of the Alaska Senate election lawsuit