Sam Levine

Voting rights reporter @guardianus. Formerly @huffpost. [email protected]. @samrlevine.bsky.social

[Sam Levine @srl]

LaVaughn Williams is a former felon who voted for the first time in Virginia today. Listen to her talk about the power of the ballot

[Sam Levine @srl]

Talarico cuts an ad with Crystal Mason, who recently won a nearly decade long appeal of a 5-year prison sentence for illegal voting. https://t.co/fJim8eG242

[Andrew Arenge @MrArenge]

NEW: Talarico just started running this new paid digital ad on YouTube

The ad - which appears to be designed to mobilize Black voters - is being targeted at specific zip codes

Made an interactive with the zips targeted, so you can zoom in, here: https://t.co/oglNXVIFhJ

#TXSen

[Chris Shenton @ChrisShenton1]

Invoking the NVRA for a freestanding federal police power to “protect the integrity of the electoral process” is like suing the government for money because the Declaration of Independence guarantees “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”

[David Weigel @daveweigel]

This is how the candidates are listed on Alaska's ballots. It's clearly marked, which one is the GOP candidate and which one is just a guy

[Sam Levine @srl]

"the legal claim is so absurdly thin, there’s essentially no likelihood of success."

[Sam Levine @srl]

Analysis from @derektmuller on why this lawsuit isn't going anywhere https://t.co/2wrqmXVW0w

[Hugo Lowell @hugolowell]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration sues to block Alaska Senate race certification if Republican loses, citing candidate name confusion.

[Sam Levine @srl]

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[Sam Levine @srl]

‘They wanted to make a scene’: the 72-year-old paraded in dramatic arrest for ‘voter fraud’ https://t.co/YZXQnCWqo4 w/ @SamTLevin

[Gary Fineout @fineout]

Inbox: Leon County elections supervisor says Border Patrol vehicles briefly showed up at an early voting site

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

JUST IN: A federal judge in California has barred DHS from conducting field interrogations of people they identify as potential noncitizen voters based on data sources that have proven unreliable and could improperly identify citizens. https://t.co/CAOPV7jLCz

[Colin Campbell @RaleighReporter]

Updated the story with new numbers from the State Board of Elections, which reports "a slight increase in spoiled ballot rates in 2026 (3.1%) compared to 2022 (2.6%) at this stage in each election" (not the doubling Stein referenced) #ncpol

[Brahm Resnik @brahmresnik]

PSA: Maricopa County Recorder phone line provides incorrect election date. Correct date is Nov. 3.

[Sam Levine @srl]

New: The list of 20,000 non-citizens DOJ provided to Los Angeles election officials includes duplicates, cancelled registration and "high percentage of U.S. born-persons," LA officials say https://t.co/D2GNErY4KR

[Sam Levine @srl]

DOJ defends itself in another case filed by January 6 rioter https://t.co/jVXhYSvI0X

[Sam Levine @srl]

DoJ charges 28 green card holders in California over alleged voter fraud https://t.co/achT9LSDXJ w/ @SamTLevin

[Sam Levine @srl]

NYPost has revised the headline on the piece quoted here. This morning the headline referred to the arrests as a "voter fraud ring," which is not accurate. Papers filed by prosecutors today offer no evidence any the individuals were part of a "ring" or associated w each other

[Secretary Markwayne Mullin @SecMullinDHS]

I’m proud of the work of our @HSI_HQ agents and our @FBI partners on Operation Protect the Vote in California.

American elections are for Americans, and every non-citizen registered to vote and voting in our elections takes away the legitimacy of our republic.

We will continue to root out voter fraud all across America and ensure our elections are free and fair.

[Sam Levine @srl]

There were 174 million people registered to vote in the 2024 presidential election https://t.co/SaZLlzAX8E

[Seamus Hughes @SeamusHughes]

With the unsealing of cases in California and Pennsylvania today, there's been 169 individuals charged federally for illegally registering or voting as a noncitizen since the start of this administration. There's been 38 new cases in the last four days.

[Seamus Hughes @SeamusHughes]

With the unsealing of cases in California and Pennsylvania today, there's been 169 individuals charged federally for illegally registering or voting as a noncitizen since the start of this administration. There's been 38 new cases in the last four days.

[Sam Levine @srl]

The Trump administration has lost every lawsuit it has filed seeking voter rolls across the country. It is 0-26. 4 were appointed by George W. Bush. Eight of the judges who ruled against the government were appointed by President Trump. https://t.co/2RFnnARXPZ

[Stephen Miller @StephenM]

For two years the Trump Admin has sought federal voter rolls and welfare rolls from blue states to run against the federal non-citizen database—Democrat states refused and Democrat judges blocked DOJ/DHS. In every blue state you can vote or get welfare just by checking a box.

[Eric Tucker @etuckerAP]

New: The Justice Department is escalating its fight with California, warning that local officials who tabulate or process ballots from suspected non-citizen voters are at risk of investigation and prosecution, per letter obtained by @AP. More here:

https://t.co/AyBjKXsFoJ

[Sam Levine @srl]

The US Department of Justice sued California on Thursday, seeking a court order to prevent the state from tabulating certain ballots cast in the midterm elections https://t.co/VDfirNuF70