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Election News and Updates

• AP: 2026 Elections Hub

• University of Florida: 2026 Early Voting Tracker

Election Resources

• USA Today via Reddit: The 2026 election season is underway: Here’s your monthly guide with important dates, voter resources

Streaming Links

C-SPAN, NPR, the PBS NewsHour's YouTube channel, and the Associated Press' YouTube channel are all places frequently hosting relevant political streams.

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Other Event Threads

• Monday: I'm Lauren Egan, a political reporter at The Bulwark covering the Democrats, the 2026 midterms, and the fight over the party's future. Election Day is just eight days away. AMA!

• Monday: I'm an expert on religion and politics. Ask me anything as I drive across America on Interfaith Alliance's The Vote Is Sacred Tour. AMA!

• Tuesday-Wednesday: We're PBS News and Votebeat journalists who cover U.S. elections and voting rights. Ask us anything about election security.

Announcements

• In case you haven't seen it, the r/politics 2026 Midterm Elections Prediction Contest is now underway! Please see this thread for more information: https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1xhs61j/welcome_to_the_rpolitics_2026_us_midterm/

Ahead of Election Day, states have been working hard to prepare for midterms, with some adopting new congressional maps and voting rules on top of normal election security measures. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is planning to more than double the number of election monitors dispatched during the 2022 midterms, while President Donald Trump continues to make unfounded claims undermining the security and integrity of the nation’s elections.

We have been covering the midterm elections groundwork across the country, including the varying local processes, the status of mail-in ballots and efforts by the president and others to sow doubt ahead of the vote. 

Some of our reporting includes:

From PBS News White House correspondent Liz Landers:

• How local officials are testing voting machines to ensure election integrity
• How Trump's attempt to restrict mail ballots is being challenged in court
• How some states are responding to DOJ's plan to send 1,000 monitors on Election Day
• Trump tries to undermine trust in elections, but documents don’t support his claims

From Votebeat editorial director Jessica Huseman:

• Monae Johnson questioned vote-counting machines. Running elections changed her mind.
• His model was built to detect voter fraud. Now it’s testing the limits of election trust.
• Georgia election board director sent Trump administration demands 2 board members say they never approved
• Supreme Court ends Missouri map uncertainty just before ballots go out

Here are our proof photos: Liz, Jessica

Ask us anything about election security, voting rights, ballot issues and related topics.