I spent some of Pennsylvania's primary day on Tuesday in the election office in Luzerne county, which has had enormous turnover and high profile errors since 2020. Officials there saw it as a high-stakes test to get things right: theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

The pro-Trump Arizona fake electors scheme: what’s in the charging document? theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

Arizona grand jury indicts Trump allies including Giuliani over 2020 fake elector scheme theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

Since the ruling came down, the Arizona for Abortion Access measure has seen volunteers grow from 3,000 to more than 5,000. More than 5,300 small-dollar donors gave money for the first time since the ruling. via Rachel Leingang theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

Pennsylvania race previews Democrats’ plan to focus campaign on democracy washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

It's the end of the road for Kari Lake and Mark Finchem for AZ Senate's lawsuit to stop the use of tabulation machines to count ballots in Arizona. The US Supreme Court declined to hear the case, upholding the trial court's 2022 ruling that they lack standing. azcentral.com/story/news/pol…

'I have a spoiler alert: there’s nothing wrong with trying to influence an election, it’s called democracy.'

- Trump attorney Todd Blanche during opening statements in the former president's first criminal trial theguardian.com/us-news/live/2…

Key summary of the DA's case and why they are prosecuting Trump from Matthew Colangelo's opening arguments via Victoria Bekiempis.

'No politician wants bad press, but the evidence at trial will show that this wasn’t spin or communication strategy.'

theguardian.com/us-news/live/2…

Tomorrow is primary day in Pennsylvania, and Rep Summer Lee once again faces a challenger. Pro-Israel groups have opted out of her race this time, but one super PAC (largely funded by a GOP megadonor) has gotten involved. My report from Pittsburgh: theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

A CO elections director hid her pregnancy because she worried how her child would be used in attacks by harassers.

Don't miss Rachel Leingang on how women make up the majority of elections officials - and are disproportionately subject to harassment theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

Exclusive: A Fulton County, Georgia commissioner runs a secret election-conspiracy Telegram channel that propagated debunked claims about the 2020 election and spread accusations of crimes by county elections employees theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

Great reporting from George Chidi

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Using public records laws, I've collected prison commissary lists from almost every state in the country. These lists reveal an exploitative, unregulated system that preys on incarcerated consumers. New from me + Ethan Corey for The Appeal. theappeal.org/locked-in-pric…

Democrats in Michigan regained control of the House yesterday -- and their trifecta in the state -- opening the door for legislation to protect voting rights, like a state VRA theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

new campaign finance disclosures offer a preview of which races -- pitting progressive incumbents against primary challengers -- pro-Israel groups will be focusing on this cycle, from Joan Greve Will Craft & I: theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

A group of far-right sheriffs is set to meet Trump allies in Las Vegas today for talks with dozens of Republican state officials and candidates focused partly on potential election fraud by non-citizens theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

What's it like to share your name with one of the leading purveyors of voter fraud misinformation? Rachel Leingang spoke to the other Mike Lindell to find out theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

I’m outside the Manhattan courthouse where Trump’s criminal trial is about to commence. A small group of pro- and anti-Trump supporters have gathered in the park across the street from the courthouse. One flag says “Trump or Death”.

Tomorrow, Black voters in Montgomery, Alabama and across the Black Belt will finally have an opportunity to elect a candidate of their choice to Congress.

George Chidi was there last week, and has this powerful dispatch theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…