Postal Service slowdowns could get thousands of mail ballots rejected, with 20,000 at risk in Washington and a Florida county still waiting on 69,068.

NEW: Democratic states have been readying for Trump's election interference — but blue cities in red states with meager support are also trying to fight possible threats. @jenrice.bsky.social explains how officials in key jurisdictions are preparing for the road ahead 👇 https://demdock.com/4inj34p

Speaker Johnson asked if the House would refuse to seat new members: "Of course we'll have a peaceful transfer of power," and to suggest otherwise is "absurd." That's on the record. Every member a state certifies gets sworn in Jan. 3. We'll be watching.

Mike Johnson:  ‘Absurd’ to suggest House will block seating of new members

Speaker Mike Johnson insisted Tuesday that he will act “by the book” when swearing in members of Congress following the midterms.

democracydocket.com

NEW: JUDGE SHOOTS DOWN DOJ’S BID TO SET ASIDE 20,000 CA BALLOTS A federal judge rejected Trump’s DOJ’s last-minute attempt to stop California from counting 20,000 mail ballots, writing that it would “wreak havoc” and “discount the votes of U.S. citizens.”

Judge declines to block California from counting alleged noncitizen voters’ ballots in DOJ lawsuit

The DOJ said it had identified more than 20,000 “likely non-citizens,” but California officials said the claim wasn’t backed by evidence and the government was trying to interfere in the election.

nbcnews.com

NEW: In a joint letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Reps. Robert Garcia of California and Jamie Raskin of Maryland wrote that the “apparent” act of “corporate censorship of political speech raise[s] serious concerns about Meta’s dedication to ensuring free and fair elections.”

Instagram shut down a No Kings account. Now Democrats want answers from Mark Zuckerberg.

Reps. Robert Garcia and Jamie Raskin are demanding a briefing from Meta about the suspension and the company’s election security efforts.

ms.now

In a joint letter to Mark Zuckerberg, ranking members of the House Oversight and Judiciary committees wrote “corporate censorship of political speech raise[s] serious concerns about Meta’s dedication to ensuring free and fair elections.”

Instagram shut down a ‘No Kings’ account. Now Democrats want answers from Mark Zuckerberg.

Reps. Robert Garcia and Jamie Raskin are demanding a briefing from Meta about the suspension and the company’s election security efforts.

ms.now

The Hennepin County Attorney's Office is charging James O'Keefe and Cam Higby with felonies for unlawful voting and ID theft for filming themselves misrepresenting their identities to election judges during the Minnesota primary as voters who were registered in the precinct.

NEW: Right-wing influencers have put out more than 7,000 statements questioning the election’s integrity, priming Trump’s supporters to reject a Democratic win.

How Trump and his allies are sowing doubt ahead of the midterms

A Post analysis found thousands of messages from right-wing influencers pushing new theories for why, if Democrats win, the elections can’t be trusted.

washingtonpost.com

🚨 NEW: Nearly 2,900 voters in one Georgia county have yet to receive the absentee ballots they recently applied for and are blaming their local officials’ hiring of an out-of-town vendor for the delays, they charge in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.

Nearly 3,000 voters in key Georgia county haven’t received mail ballots yet, dangerously close to Election Day deadline

Cobb County voters want a judge to order their election board to overnight absentee ballots to them to make the Nov. 3 deadline.

democracydocket.com

🚨 North Carolina faces a nearly 6% rejection rate for mail ballots in the 2026 midterms. This includes ballots that are curable or have been fixed by the voter. But a majority have been spoiled: demdock.com/4jFzQSN

No one but Trump has done more to turn how ballots get counted into combat than Cleta Mitchell. She holds no government position. @propublica.org counts at least 25 Trump administration appointees with close ties to her. Steve Bannon: “She has the president’s ear.”

How Cleta Mitchell Turned Trump’s “Big Lie” Into a Movement

Conservative powerbroker Cleta Mitchell has raised a grassroots army to transform American voting systems and worked closely with the administration to enact her plans. No one besides Trump himself ha...

propublica.org

NYT ED BOARD: "In a 21-month span, he has done more harm to democracy and the rule of law than any other president in the modern era and perhaps longer than that. He has broken his oath to defend the Constitution by trying to rewrite it on his own."

Opinion | Inflation. War. Corruption. Hold Trump Accountable.

The American people have a chance to allow the nation to glimpse the end of the Trump era and the start of something brighter.

nytimes.com

NEW: Mail ballot rejection rates in North Carolina now sit at nearly 6% following Republicans' decision to implement a new envelope sealing rule before the midterms. One advocate noted that the steadily-growing rate "could make the difference in many key races.” https://demdock.com/4srJjPG

North Carolina ballot rejection rate up to 6% with time to fix errors running out

With Nov. 3 less than a week away, time is running out. Voters can track the status of their mail ballot with the state’s BallotTrax site, but it’s also up to election officials and the U.S. Postal Se...

democracydocket.com

7 days. This past week, Trump and his allies went to court in California and Alaska, and to the press in Washington, to keep ballots from being counted. So far no court has granted any of it. Voters pick our leaders. Not the other way around.

Trump DOJ’s bid to stop California ballot counting returns to federal judge after 9th Circuit dismissal

Whether Carter will actually reach DOJ’s request Tuesday could depend on another court’s action.

democracydocket.com

NEW: Democrats asked a federal judge Monday night for a restraining order and temporary injunction to halt President Donald Trump and his administration from interfering in the upcoming midterms.

Democrats ask for immediate block on Trump’s election interference schemes

The Trump administration continues “to unconstitutionally impose themselves upon election administration procedures” that belong to states, the Democrats said.

democracydocket.com

Trump’s DOJ went to court to stop California from counting about 20,000 ballots. They lost. A Trump-appointed judge wrote that the emergency they were claiming was “a self-constructed one.”

Trump administration loses push to block California votes from alleged noncitizens

A US ​appeals court on Monday ruled against President Donald Trump's administration in a major voting dispute ahead of the midterm elections, denying a request to block ‌California from counting mail ...

reuters.com

Georgia passed 1 million ballots by Tuesday — ahead of 2022's pace, and nearly all of it in person. Early voting runs through Friday. This is what they are trying to outrun. Go: 866-OUR-VOTE

Trump and his allies have spent a decade claiming elections are stolen. Now that voting is underway, they could use those false claims as an excuse to overturn results they don’t like.

How the Trump Administration’s False Election Claims Could Be Used as a Pretext for a Power Grab

With voting underway, the Trump administration and its allies could use the false election denial claims they have pushed for a decade as a pretext to subvert the will of American voters.

americanprogress.org

🚨 BREAKING: Democrats asked a federal court to throw out the DOJ's unprecedented lawsuit that seeks to preemptively block certification of Alaska’s U.S. Senate race if the Republican incumbent loses.

🚨 IT'S HAPPENING: From Alaska to California, the Trump administration is working to subvert the midterms.

“Alaska’s courts did already settle this.” A state supreme court ruled. A state election system has a built-in fix. A state is already voting. And Trump's DoJ is in court trying to override all of it — in an election the state is supposed to administer. That’s the whole case.

Breaking every norm, Trump’s Justice Department sued to hold Alaska’s election hostage because he told it to. Alaska’s courts already ruled on this and Alaskans are already voting. No lawsuit Trump orders up will change who decides this race: Alaska voters.

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · last wk.

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Trump says he ordered the Justice Department lawsuit over Alaska's US Senate race: 'I'm the one that said do it.'

Straight from the horse’s mouth. Trump admitted Friday that he personally ordered the Justice Department to sue to block Alaska from certifying its Senate race if the Republican loses. “I’m the one that said do it.”

Trump-Ordered DOJ Lawsuit in Alaska Seen as First Salvo in GOP Effort to Undermine Midterm Elections | Common Dreams

"I'm the one that said do it," Trump said of the lawsuit, which seeks to block certification of Alaska's Senate election if the Democrat wins.

commondreams.org

Every guardrail between a president and the Justice Department exists to prevent exactly one thing: a president telling prosecutors to act in a case he has a personal stake in. Trump just said he did it. Out loud. On camera.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · last wk.

Trump on the Alaska election lawsuit: "I'm the one that said 'do it'"

Alaska’s courts already ruled on this candidate, Alaska’s Republican officials got their say on designing the ballot, and Alaskans are already voting. None of that matters to an administration that wants a federal judge on standby to cancel an election it doesn’t like.

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · last wk.

BREAKING: The Trump Justice Department has moved to preemptively block certification of the results of Alaska's Senate race if Republican incumbent Sen. Dan S. Sullivan loses.

Take Trump seriously when he threatens to jail election officials for doing the job they’re sworn to do: counting votes. “We are not on the precipice of a constitutional crisis,” Marc Elias says. “We have reached it.” They’re betting you’ll stop paying attention. Follow us to prove them wrong.

Running count: Trump's DOJ has lost every one of the 26 decided cases in its nationwide demand for state voter rolls. 0–26. Not one court has agreed. They filed anyway — in your name, with your data.

NEW: Trump’s DOJ just showed the country its plan for any election Republicans lose: sue to throw out the results. This lawsuit is every bit as baseless, and Alaska voters will decide this race no matter what Trump’s goons say.

Trump administration files lawsuit to block possible Democratic win in Alaska Senate race

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit to block certification of the U.S. Senate race in Alaska if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses.

apnews.com

Nine in ten voters say state and local officials have a duty to uphold election law and certify results — even when the other side’s candidate wins. That isn’t a partisan position. It’s a near-universal one.

NEW POLL: Donald Trump's midterm deception campaign is failing

Voters, including Republicans, strongly disapprove of election disruption and denial

ifyoucankeepit.org