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Midterm Election Day arrives after year of Trump bids to reshape vote rules

Voting concludes Tuesday after court defeats blunted Trump administration efforts to police noncitizen voting and polling places.

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What to know

  • Election Day 2026 arrived after a year of Trump administration attempts to federalize aspects of elections, most of which were blocked in court.
  • The Supreme Court rejected the administration twice — on limiting mail voting in September and on setting aside California ballots the night before Election Day.
  • Despite fears of armed federal officers or immigration agents at polling sites, none of the Democrats' worst-case scenarios had materialized as voting began.
  • Early voting turnout is on pace to exceed the last midterms, though heavy rain and flooding complicated access to some polling places in Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.

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Midterm Election Day arrives after year of Trump bids to reshape vote rules
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    Polls open nationwide as Election Day begins

    Polling sites opened at 6 a.m. in several states including Connecticut, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Missouri, New Jersey, New York and Virginia, with early voting turnout on pace to surpass the last midterms and heavy rain and flash flooding complicating access in parts of Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.

    1. 13 outlets Election Day is unfolding across America after a surge in early voting for the midterms

      first by Fast Company, 5d ago · also Associated Press, Baltimore Sun, Mercury News, Orlando Sentinel, Philadelphia Inquirer, AP News +6

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      apnews.com/article/midt... Hour by hour. Let's hope the turnout is so large they cannot stop the wave. #USDemocracy

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    • Election Day sees few disruptions despite Trump’s interference push https://www. oregonlive.com/politics/2026/1 1/election-day-sees-few-disruptions-despite-trumps-interference-push.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into Oregon Politics from The Oregonian @ oregon-politics-from-the-oregonian-TheOregonian

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    • Election Day sees few disruptions despite Trump’s interference push https://www. nj.com/politics/2026/11/electi on-day-sees-few-disruptions-despite-trumps-interference-push.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub Posted into NJ Politics @ nj-politics-NJcom

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    Supreme Court rejects bid to set aside California ballots

    The Supreme Court turned away the administration's push to force California to set aside thousands of ballots as part of its search for noncitizen voters, the second such rebuff after the September mail-voting ruling.

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    Administration sues to block certification of Alaska results — At Trump's urging, the administration sued to block certification of Alaska's Senate race results if the outcome favored Democrats.

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    DOJ plans largest-ever Election Day polling monitoring effort — The Department of Justice prepared its largest-ever effort to monitor polling places on Election Day, a move countered by an even larger monitoring effort organized by Democrats and allied groups.

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    DOJ and DHS stage predawn arrests in noncitizen-voter hunt — The Justice and Homeland Security departments conducted a made-for-the-cameras predawn operation in California as part of a broader hunt for noncitizen voters, leading to more than two dozen arrests.

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    Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to limit mail voting — The Supreme Court rejected the administration's attempt to limit mail balloting through changes at the Postal Service, one of two executive orders Trump signed attempting to federalize aspects of elections.

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  1. 2 outlets U.S. Election Day arrives after a surge in early voting, with observers keeping close watch at the polls

    first by CP24, 7d ago · also Stuff

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