Jen Fifield

ProPublica reporter covering voting, elections and democracy. Former @votebeatUS @azcentral @stateline_news @frednewspost. Tips: DMs open/ Signal jenafifield.01

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Exclusive: Earlier this month, the Supreme Court blocked an executive order restricting voting by mail in ways that could have thrown the upcoming midterms into chaos. But the White House originally had far more disruptive plans, ProPublica has learned. 🧵

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Scroll through timeline to see how judges - many appointed by Trump - eviscerated Trump's DOJ voter roll lawsuits, even as DOJ's argument for demanding the voter rolls changed over time: https://t.co/PooO69gTtX

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Visual representation of the judges that have shut down the Trump administration's demands for confidential voter data.

DOJ is 0 - 26, with four pending. Eight of the judges were appointed by Trump. via @peterelkind and Lucas Waldron @propublica. 🔗 in thread.

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Our story uncovered the methods that DHS is using to try to identify noncitizen voters using public voter rolls, which insiders warned would produce an "ungodly" number of false positives: https://t.co/YVVo9ii9g0

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In NV, DOJ said it found 16K noncitizen voters. When NV asked for a list, DOJ sent 185. NV checked those and found all of them were actually citizens.

In CA, DOJ first said it found 190K noncitizen voters. Now, it says 20K. Told CA officials they had 48 hours to check, then sued

[U.S. Department of Justice @TheJusticeDept]

.@USAttyEssayli for @USAO_LosAngeles to @FoxNews on the complaint against California over its voter list: “When we're telling them you have 20,000 non-citizens on the voter rolls, you're going to be diluting the votes of American citizens. Their response is, ‘It's too late; we already mailed the ballots.’ That's not how the law works, and we're going to go to court. This is a matter of law…All we are asking them to do is sequester the ballots.”

[Stephanie Duprey @StephDoups]

#breaking
Arizona capital executive Tower evacuated. FBI and Hazmat on scene.
Secretary of State Adrian Fontes says a letter with white substance was received and opened by a staff member. No one hurt @azfamily

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[Nathaniel Rakich @baseballot]

Breaking: More than 100 suspicious letters were sent to state election officials and other election-adjacent people (including a pollster) across the country. https://t.co/FVZSyDA22l

[ProPublica @propublica]

The Tohono O’odham Nation straddles the U.S.-Mexico border, and thousands of members live in Mexico.

The Trump administration’s 62-mile border wall would be an attack on tribal sovereignty, members and leaders say.
https://t.co/yzGSSGJpSm

[Jen Fifield @JenAFifield]

Not going to try to influence your vote here, but also vote for Paper Trail @propublica https://t.co/Bp4WDtOTY2

[(((Jacob Bogage))) @jacobbogage]

🚨 Reuters SCOOP

DOJ gave California 48 hours to match its voter rolls with a thumb drive that got dropped off on Tuesday with the names of suspected noncitizen voters.

DOJ says it may sue to throw out ballots if California misses the deadline.

https://t.co/6LdIZm3WsE

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This photo by @zaydee_s

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"Homeless families told ProPublica that they had been removed from the waitlist for shelter because they stayed in a hotel."

Incredible and heartbreaking reporting by @nicolesantacruz @propublica https://t.co/laqCC1clIT

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"Homeless families told ProPublica that they had been removed from the waitlist for shelter because they stayed in a hotel."

Incredible and heartbreaking reporting by @nicolesantacruz @propublica https://t.co/laqCC1clIT

[Molly Redden @mtredden]

Sen. Collins faced Troy Jackson last night in their Maine Senate debate.

On stage, Collins inaccurately described ProPublica’s story about an FBI anticorruption investigation that probed the conduct of her & her staff until Trump’s DOJ shut it down. Let’s get into the facts…

[Keri Blakinger @keribla]

Christa is the first person in the U.S. to survive a lethal injection.

The outcome is unprecedented but what went wrong isn’t — and shows how easily another botched execution could occur.

https://t.co/DvmA5x0Q2b

[Jen Fifield @JenAFifield]

@dtofig I often find myself texting established sources before calling now... people find cold calls super jarring in 2026! But for source building, signal/calling is still the way to go.

[Jen Fifield @JenAFifield]

I’ve never seen it explained so succinctly.

[Conor Orr @ConorOrr]

JOURNALISM 101:

*Sits down to text and email 12 people for a story*

*Waits 39 seconds for replies, doesn't see one*

*Thinks: "Ah shit, everyone hates me and I'm gonna get fired"*

[Brahm Resnik @brahmresnik]

UPDATE In statement to 12News, Postal Service refutes @azjustinheap's claim that central Phoenix processing center was shut down & early ballots being routed thru San Diego. Heap hasn't retracted claim.

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Important story from @lisalsong out today.

An idea that the White House Office of Management and Budget has quietly proposed will have far-reaching implications on voter registration drives https://t.co/e2g80rvMQi

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@RobbieSherwood Cameron is a top-tier journalist. Of course he was excited to fly on the presidential aircraft, I would be too.

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More results from federal SAVE tool Trump admin is encouraging states to use to find noncitizen voters: 87% of voters flagged by tool as noncitizens in Maricopa County were actually citizens.

Supreme Court ruled last week that states can begin using the tool again.

[Sasha Hupka @SashaHupka]

UPDATE: Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell says of these 60 voters, 52 are citizens.

The eight noncitizens are all in the U.S. legally, and most were registered through a flaw in MVD’s systems.

She’s not announcing charges today. Story soon!

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@peterelkind @propublica A Postal Service spokesperson declined to comment on the agency’s internal deliberations about the EO and said it was the Board of Governors’ policy not to discuss them. He referred ProPublica to an earlier statement by Postmaster General David Steiner: https://t.co/2nl7oQLKlJ

[Jen Fifield @JenAFifield]

Exclusive: Earlier this month, the Supreme Court blocked an executive order restricting voting by mail in ways that could have thrown the upcoming midterms into chaos. But the White House originally had far more disruptive plans, ProPublica has learned. 🧵

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@peterelkind @propublica White House spokesperson Lauren Bis denied the administration had interfered improperly with the Postal Service. Bis also rejected the idea that the certified-mail proposal was “unworkable,” saying this played no part in the administration’s decision “to go in another direction.”