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Carrie Levine @levinecarrie.bsky.social · 28d

Background here: www.votebeat.org/2025/06/13/t...

A second federal judge partially blocks Trump’s executive order on elections

A federal court granted a coalition of states an injunction halting implementation of parts of Trump’s executive order on elections.

www.votebeat.org

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Carrie Levine @levinecarrie.bsky.social · 28d

A federal judge has denied DOJ's motion to dismiss a case brought by 19 states challenging key provisions of Trump's executive order on elections. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

She had previously blocked some provisions of the order from going into effect, and DOJ is appealing.

storage.courtlistener.com

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cstewartiii.bsky.social @cstewartiii.bsky.social · Sep 5

Please join @SethBluestein , Karen Brinson Bell, and me for a @votebeat webinar on public trust in elections, moderated by @JessicaHuseman on Friday, Sept. 19, noon EDT. Register here:
www.eventbrite.com/e/public-tr...

Public trust in elections

Join us for a conversation on public trust in elections with an elections expert and two experienced election officials.

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Carrie Levine @levinecarrie.bsky.social · Sep 5

Calling all pet people who care about voting! www.votebeat.org/2025/09/04/v...

Help us with a project: Vote for Votebeat’s new pet mascot

Votebeat is working on a project that illustrates and explains how ranked choice voting works, so we decided to ask readers to vote.

www.votebeat.org

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Carrie Levine @levinecarrie.bsky.social · Sep 5

Worried about trust in elections? Join @votebeat.org @jessicahuseman.bsky.social for a conversation with MIT's Charles Stewart, @sethbluestein.bsky.social and former NCSBE director Karen Brinson Bell on 9/19. Free registration here: www.eventbrite.com/e/public-tru...

Public trust in elections

Join us for a conversation on public trust in elections with an elections expert and two experienced election officials.

www.eventbrite.com

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Votebeat @votebeat.org · Sep 4

Votebeat is working on a project that illustrates and explains how ranked choice voting works, so we decided to ask readers to vote.

Help us with a project: Vote for Votebeat’s new pet mascot

Votebeat is working on a project that illustrates and explains how ranked choice voting works, so we decided to ask readers to vote.

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Carrie Levine @levinecarrie.bsky.social · Sep 4

The full link is here. www.votebeat.org/arizona/2025...

Why ensuring ‘clean’ voter rolls is such a touchy subject

Everyone agrees that a “clean” voter list is good practice. But people differ on how aggressively election officials should work to remove potentially ineligible voters.

www.votebeat.org

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Carrie Levine @levinecarrie.bsky.social · Sep 4

The Justice Department's demands that states turn over their voter rolls are highlighting long-running conflicts over how best to ensure that only eligible voters are on them, and exactly what the law requires.
@jenafifield.bsky.social @carterwalker.bsky.social explain for @votebeat.org.

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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · Aug 22

NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out!

I'm resurfacing emails from my FOIA archives that I obtained in 2018 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The emails are a reminder that Trump’s relationship w/BLS as it relates to employment data has long been acrimonious

www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

When Trump and the Bureau of Labor Statistics First Clashed Over Jobs Numbers

Dozens of emails related to a 2018 Trump tweet over the monthly jobs report are a good reminder that the president’s relationship with the Department of Labor unit has long been acrimonious.

www.bloomberg.com

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Carrie Levine @levinecarrie.bsky.social · Jul 31

Background here: www.votebeat.org/2025/06/13/t...

A second federal judge partially blocks Trump’s executive order on elections

A federal court granted a coalition of states an injunction halting implementation of parts of Trump’s executive order on elections.

www.votebeat.org

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Carrie Levine @levinecarrie.bsky.social · Jul 31

The Trump administration will appeal one of two preliminary injunctions blocking some provisions of his executive order on elections, according to a new filing. This applies to a case brought by 19 states.

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Carrie Levine @levinecarrie.bsky.social · Jul 30

Read it here: www.votebeat.org/arizona/2025...

@votebeat.org will continue to pursue relevant public records.

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Carrie Levine @levinecarrie.bsky.social · Jul 30

EXCLUSIVE from @JenAFifield EXCLUSIVE from @JenAFifield Text messages obtained by Votebeat shed new light on Heap's discussions with two county supervisors over control of elections.

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Jen Fifield @jenafifield.bsky.social · Jul 14

ICYMI, from Friday: A criminally indicted AZ elected official who voted to delay his county's 22 midterm results past the legal deadline now wants the taxpayers to pay his $300K in legal bills- and the county wants the statewide insurance pool to cover it. www.votebeat.org/arizona/2025...

Cochise County asks insurer to cover indicted supervisor’s legal bills in election case

Supervisor Thomas Crosby sent the county a $300,000 claim as he fights charges of trying to delay the 2022 midterm election results. The other supervisors are signaling their support.

www.votebeat.org

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Carrie Levine @levinecarrie.bsky.social · Jul 14

Researchers from @statesunited.org used validated voter data to find that people who felt more confident their vote would count as intended were more likely to vote. www.votebeat.org/2025/07/14/r...

I don't know if it's correlation or causation, but really interesting!

How a New York lawsuit is helping to fan voter mistrust — on the left

A recent YouGov poll found that 41% of voters who reported casting a ballot for Kamala Harris in 2024 did not believe that Trump “legitimately won the election.”

www.votebeat.org

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Carrie Levine @levinecarrie.bsky.social · Jul 9

NEW @VotebeatUS Add Pennsylvania to the states getting questions from DOJ about how it manages its voter rolls. h/t @carterwalker.bsky.social

Carrie Levine @levinecarrie.bsky.social · Jul 9

Election news: A voting system from Hart Intercivic
is the first to obtain certification under VVSG 2.0, the most updated standards, per @EACgov's website. Others are in the testing process.

More on the EAC's guidelines from me in this from June 30: www.votebeat.org/2025/06/30/t...

Work on parts of Trump’s elections executive order is getting underway

A technical committee of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission will soon consider a draft of changes to voting system guidelines following the president’s executive order.

www.votebeat.org

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Jen Fifield @jenafifield.bsky.social · Jul 1

New statement from Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap confirms that his office approved the incorrect proof before the vendor sent the incorrect letter to 83,000 voters. Background: www.votebeat.org/arizona/2025...

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Carrie Levine @levinecarrie.bsky.social · Jun 13

Full story @votebeat.org www.votebeat.org/2025/06/13/t...

A second federal judge partially blocks Trump’s executive order on elections

A federal court granted a coalition of states an injunction halting implementation of parts of Trump’s executive order on elections.

www.votebeat.org

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Carrie Levine @levinecarrie.bsky.social · Jun 13

🚨A second federal judge has blocked provisions of Trump's executive order on elections, including a citizenship proof requirement.

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Carrie Levine @levinecarrie.bsky.social · Jun 13

Big news about elections in a key swing county from @jenafifield.bsky.social

Jen Fifield @jenafifield.bsky.social · Jun 13

JUST IN: In Maricopa County, Recorder Justin Heap sues the supervisors claiming they "engaged in an unlawful attempt to seize near-total control" of elections. The supervisors have consistently said that they have negotiated in good faith. Lawsuit 🔗 here: www.votebeat.org/arizona/2025...

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Carrie Levine @levinecarrie.bsky.social · Jun 10

I wrote about this in August for @votebeat.org, talking about why experts were confident that checks and balances would hold, and how state officials have moved to shore up certification in their states. www.votebeat.org/2024/08/22/p...

State election officials brace for a new round of certification fights

Certification used to be a routine part of election administration that took place mostly behind the scenes. That changed after the 2020 presidential election.

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Carrie Levine @levinecarrie.bsky.social · Jun 10

The Georgia Supreme Court has invalidated rules the state election board tried to impose before the presidential election, including a move to change the way officials finalize vote totals that drew wide concern, per @ajc.com

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Alexander Shur @alexandershur.bsky.social · Jun 5

I wrote about what the DOJ's letter to Wisconsin over an alleged HAVA violation means, including commentary that WEC likely is violating the law. Story features a @jenafifield.bsky.social scoop of a DOJ letter also sent to Arizona

www.votebeat.org/wisconsin/20...

U.S. threatens Arizona and Wisconsin over alleged election law violations

The letters are an early sign of how the Trump’s administration is scrutinizing state election practices after his executive order on elections.

www.votebeat.org

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Jun 2

And finally (for now), SCOTUS will consider Bost v. Illinois whether federal candidates have standing to challenge state laws that count late-arriving ballots postmarked by Election Day. Not the merits (yet), just the standing question. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...

The sole question presented here is whether
Petitioners, as federal candidates, have pleaded
sufficient factual allegations to show Article III
standing to challenge state time, place, and manner
regulations concerning their federal elections.

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