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US midterm Election Day begins after courts rebuff Trump's vote challenges

Polls open nationwide following a Supreme Court rejection and a federal judge's order blocking Trump administration efforts targeting alleged noncitizen voters.

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What to know

  • Election Day arrived after a year of Trump administration attempts to shape how states run elections, including a noncitizen-voter hunt and a bid to block certification of Alaska's Senate results.
  • Courts have repeatedly blocked these efforts: the Supreme Court and a federal judge both ruled against the administration on the night before Election Day.
  • Early voting is on pace to exceed the last midterms, and voting has proceeded with relatively few problems so far despite Trump's claims of fraud.
  • Control of Congress hangs on the outcome, which Trump has suggested he may not accept if Republicans lose.

Donald TrumpDonald Trump President of the United StatesU.S. Department of Justice Federal agencyU.S. Supreme Court Federal judiciaryDemocrats and allied groups Political opposition

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    Westchester County, NY reports voting-machine ballot issue

    Election officials in suburban Westchester County, site of a competitive U.S. House race, said a machine malfunction accepting paper ballots required placing ballots in emergency bags for later counting, while stressing the ballots remained secure.

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    Polls open across the East Coast with few disruptions — The final day of midterm voting began Tuesday with early voting turnout on pace to exceed the last midterms, and voting unfolding with relatively few problems despite Trump's rhetoric about fraud.

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    Federal judge halts transfer of alleged noncitizen voter lists — A federal judge ruled the Trump administration must stop sending lists of alleged noncitizen voters to election officials, a second legal defeat for the administration on the eve of Election Day.

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    Supreme Court rejects bid to set aside California ballots — The U.S. Supreme Court turned away one of the administration's most high-profile attempts to interfere in state elections, rejecting its push to force California to set aside thousands of ballots in its noncitizen-voter search.

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    DOJ plans largest-ever Election Day poll monitoring — The Department of Justice prepared its largest-ever effort to monitor polling places, prompting an even larger counter-effort from Democrats and allied groups; Trump also urged a lawsuit to block certification of Alaska's Senate results if Democrats won.

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    DOJ and DHS launch hunt for noncitizen voters — Trump's Justice and Homeland Security departments conducted a nationwide search for noncitizen voters, including a predawn operation in California that led to more than two dozen arrests.

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    Supreme Court rejects Trump's mail-ballot limits via Postal Service — The Supreme Court blocked an earlier Trump attempt to limit mail balloting through changes at the Postal Service, one of two executive orders attempting to federalize election rules.

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  1. 2 outlets Election Day underway after a surge in early voting, as Trump sows doubt on results

    first by Associated Press, 4d ago · also PBS