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Administration Faces Claims It Subverts Voters in November 2026 U.S. Midterms
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Trump claims of a stolen election persist, urging disruption of midterms. Georgia Day 1 early voting set a state record.
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Midterms and Congress Control
The midterm legislative elections on November 3 are set to determine whether Republicans lose the majority they hold in both chambers or whether Democrats achieve a surmount that seemed impossible not long ago. El Mundo said 435 seats in the House of Representatives and 35 in the Senate are at stake, with special elections to cover vacancies due to deaths.
El Mundo quoted political analyst Myra Adams saying, "They are the most consequential midterm elections in American political history." Michael Sozan of the Center for American Progress warned that the Administration is carrying out an unconstitutional effort to subvert the will of voters in the November 2026 midterm elections, and he said, "Now, to consolidate that power and evade accountability, the Administration is carrying out an unconstitutional effort to subvert the will of voters."
Justice Department Pressure in California
The U.S. Department of Justice pressed California election officials to withhold flagged voters’ ballots, and the letters gave California election officials 48 hours to respond or face possible emergency court action.
Los Angeles Times reported Acting Deputy Atty. Gen. Trent McCotter demanded that state officials prove the U.S. citizenship of thousands of voters flagged as potential noncitizens, or withhold or set aside their ballots.
Weber’s office criticized the Justice Department for telling it to obtain a list of an unknown number of voters it hadn’t been given directly from Logan’s office, and Weber said the Justice Department’s "relentless efforts to unlawfully gain access to states’ protected voter data and purge voter rolls serve only to cause chaos and fuel public distrust in our elections."
Trent McCotter wrote that the Justice Department had provided Logan’s office with a "password-protected thumb drive with a list of names the Federal Government believes are likely noncitizens" for the Nov. 3 election.
Early Voting and Georgia
Georgia set a midterm election record on its first day of early voting Tuesday, with more than 188,000 ballots cast.
The Hill reported that Georgia’s first day early votes included more than 36 percent from Black voters, and it said that was more than 6 percent higher than in 2024.
The Hill quoted Georgia secretary of state’s office reporting that President Trump won Georgia by about 2 points, and it said Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff is fighting to win reelection against GOP challenger Rep. Mike Collins (Ga.) in the state’s U.S. Senate race.
The Hill also quoted Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger saying, "This record-breaking turnout proves that voters have confidence in the integrity of our elections."