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Sam Levine

@srl

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

 New York, NY
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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
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An incredible admission just now in Oakland federal court, hours after DOJ asked SCOTUS to intervene. Judge Trina Thompson: “Would you agree there’s a higher error rate? Not a nominal error rate, but a high error rate?” DOJ attorney: "I think that’s a fair statement."
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Taniel@Taniel13h
Virginia strips people of the right to vote for the rest of their life when they commit any felony whatsoever. That could end tomorrow. boltsmag.org/virginia-consti…
“It’s Time”: Virginians Will Decide Whether to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting

“It’s Time”: Virginians Will Decide Whether to Repeal Jim Crow-Era Lifetime Ban on Voting

Virginia lawmakers set up a November referendum asking voters to end the state’s uniquely harsh felony disenfranchisement rules.

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How Trump and his allies seek to interfere in the US midterm elections theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i…
How Trump and his allies seek to interfere in the US midterm elections

How Trump and his allies seek to interfere in the US midterm elections

The administration’s efforts have raised concerns to experts about potential disruptions after election day

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Lawmakers call to reform Louisiana's 'blatantly unconstitutional' justice of the peace system after @GuardianUS investigation. Both Republicans and Democrats eye legislation to address ‘flagrantly unethical’ court system. W/@oliverlaughland | theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
Lawmakers call to reform Louisiana’s ‘blatantly unconstitutional’ justice of the peace system

Lawmakers call to reform Louisiana’s ‘blatantly unconstitutional’ justice of the peace system

After Guardian investigation, both Republican and Democratic state lawmakers are considering legislation to address ‘flagrantly unethical’ court system

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Ben Penn@benjaminpennOct 29
SCOOP: Trump DOJ has directed California's US attorneys to start criminally subpoenaing state & local officials over their roles facilitating allegedly unlawful voting. Prosecutors in LA & elsewhere expected to start issuing grand jury subpoenas today. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
DOJ Orders Criminal Probes of California Officials Over Ballots

DOJ Orders Criminal Probes of California Officials Over Ballots

Justice Department leadership directed top federal prosecutors in California to pursue criminal subpoenas of state and local officials regarding their roles administering allegedly illegal voting,...

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Kyle Clark@KyleClarkOct 29
NEW: Colorado Secretary of State's Office says federal election monitors being sent to Adams County (Democratic-leaning county in swing #CO8) must be accompanied by state observers and cannot speak with voters or access voting equipment.
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It's more than 220 criminal cases now. New cases coming in fast.
Seamus Hughes (@SeamusHughes) profile pictureSeamus Hughes
@SeamusHughesOct 19
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.
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‘Abusing and Threatening and Harassing’: Inside the Collapse of Leo Terrell’s DOJ Antisemitism Task Force thecrimson.com/interactive/2… via @thecrimson
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Local election officials in California are investigating DOJ's claims of non-citizen voters on their rolls have found indicators the lists are not accurate calmatters.org/politics/2026… via @CalMatters
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In an extraordinary hearing, the magistrate judge struck the superseding complaint because it lacked judicial review and scolded DOJ. The hearing on the original complaint is ongoing cbsnews.com/news/hunter-bide…
Judge throws out new charges against ex-FBI officials in Hunter Biden probe

Judge throws out new charges against ex-FBI officials in Hunter Biden probe

The unsigned and unsworn superseding complaint comes just hours before the defendants were due to appear in federal court in Washington, D.C. for a preliminary hearing.

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Rick Pildes
@RickPildesOct 27
The Real Reason for DOJ’s Alaska Litigation See this post of mine at the Election Law Blog: electionlawblog.org/2026/the…

The Real Reason for DOJ's Alaska Litigation #ELB

The DOJ surely knows it’s not going to win in the courts the litigation it has brought seeking to block the certification of votes there. Instead, I have come to the view that that there are two...

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Talarico cuts an ad with Crystal Mason, who recently won a nearly decade long appeal of a 5-year prison sentence for illegal voting. theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
Texas woman triumphs as court upholds acquittal in voting error case

Texas woman triumphs as court upholds acquittal in voting error case

Crystal Mason has spent nearly a decade fighting conviction for casting provisional ballot that ultimately wasn’t counted

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Andrew Arenge (@MrArenge) profile pictureAndrew Arenge@MrArengeOct 24
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: rpubs.com/aarenge/talarico_z… #TXSen
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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”
Sam Levine (@srl) profile pictureSam Levine@srlOct 23
Analysis from @derektmuller on why this lawsuit isn't going anywhere electionlawblog.org/2026/cit…

Citing preamble to NVRA, DOJ sues to enjoin certification of Alaska's Senate race (it won't go...

The Department of Justice has filed United States v. Alaska in federal court. The gist of the case is this: there’s a risk of voter confusion from having two Dan Sullivans on the ballot, and the...

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David Weigel
@daveweigelOct 23
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
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Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) profile pictureKyle Cheney
@kyledcheneyOct 23
NEW: DOJ is suing to prevent Alaska from certifying its election results until the state investigates whether the other "Dan Sullivan" on the ballot created "voter confusion" to the detriment of incumbent GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan. w/ @G_Svirnovskiy politico.com/news/2026/10/23…
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Analysis from @derektmuller on why this lawsuit isn't going anywhere electionlawblog.org/2026/cit…

Citing preamble to NVRA, DOJ sues to enjoin certification of Alaska's Senate race (it won't go...

The Department of Justice has filed United States v. Alaska in federal court. The gist of the case is this: there’s a risk of voter confusion from having two Dan Sullivans on the ballot, and the...

electionlawblog.org
Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) profile pictureHugo Lowell
@hugolowellOct 23
WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump administration sues to block Alaska Senate race certification if Republican loses, citing candidate name confusion.
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"the legal claim is so absurdly thin, there’s essentially no likelihood of success."
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‘They wanted to make a scene’: the 72-year-old paraded in dramatic arrest for ‘voter fraud’ theguardian.com/us-news/2026… w/ @SamTLevin
‘They wanted to make a scene’: the 72-year-old paraded in dramatic arrest for ‘voter fraud’

‘They wanted to make a scene’: the 72-year-old paraded in dramatic arrest for ‘voter fraud’

Omar Muñoz, one of 28 people charged in California, speaks out about being dragged from his home in front of cameras as DoJ accused of ‘disgusting’ PR campaign

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Gary Fineout
@fineoutOct 21
Inbox: Leon County elections supervisor says Border Patrol vehicles briefly showed up at an early voting site
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Kyle Cheney
@kyledcheneyOct 22
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. storage.courtlistener.com/re…
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