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2020 Election Integrity

Primary documents, neutrally analyzed, plus the facts and quotes compiled from the coverage — one searchable base, organized by topic and anchored to when things happened.

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80 facts and 30 quotes compiled from the coverage on this topic.

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  • Federal law prohibits noncitizens from voting in federal elections.

    3× corroboratedcred 7.8[1][2][3]2026-11-01

  • Election Day is Nov. 3.

    2× corroboratedcred 8.0[1][2]2026-10-21

  • At least 61 seats are needed to form a secure majority.

    2× corroboratedcred 7.5[1][2]2026-10-30

  • President Herzog urged all parties to avoid another round of elections.

    2× corroboratedcred 7.5[1][2]2026-10-30

  • Pope Leo XIV submitted a mail-in ballot in Chicago for the November 3 midterm elections.

    2× corroboratedcred 7.5[1][2]2026-10-31

  • Proposition 133 passed with 55.4% of the vote, requiring life sentences for child sex trafficking crimes.

    2× corroboratedcred 7.5[1][2]2026-11-04

  • Federal officials are asking Washington state to set aside ballots cast by identified individuals until citizenship status is confirmed.

    2× corroboratedcred 7.5[1][2]2026-10-28

  • Noncitizens who vote can face criminal charges, including false statements in naturalization applications.

    2× corroboratedcred 7.5[1][2]2026-10-28

  • The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit last week, seeking to delay certification if Sen. Dan Sullivan is defeated, citing the possible confusion.

    2× corroboratedcred 6.5[1][2]2026-10-30

  • Peltola’s campaign and the DSCC have denied involvement.

    2× corroboratedcred 6.5[1][2]2026-10-30

  • The Save America Act would require proof of citizenship at voter registration

    2× corroboratedcred 6.0[1][2]2026-06-25

  • 29 states allow no-excuse mail-in voting; 8 states conduct elections entirely by mail.

    2× corroboratedcred 6.0[1][2]2026-09-10

  • Videography and monitoring should be ensured during scrutiny of doubtful ballot papers.

    cred 9.0[1]2026-10-27

  • A copy of the letter was sent to Vinod Singh Gunjiyal, Bihar Chief Electoral Officer.

    cred 9.0[1]2026-10-27

  • Results for several constituencies will be declared on October 27, 2026.

    cred 9.0[1]2026-10-27

  • Polling for eight MLC seats in Bihar was held on October 23, 2026.

    cred 9.0[1]2026-10-27

  • HSI deployed its tech platform to find noncitizens on voter rolls.

    cred 9.0[1]2026-08-14

  • Agency insiders warned that the effort would lead to an 'ungodly' number of false positives.

    cred 9.0[1]2026-08-14

  • DOJ leaders ignored internal concerns about the legality of transferring voter lists to HSI for criminal investigation.

    cred 9.0[1]2026-08-14

  • The effort produced only a few dozen noncitizen voter prosecutions nationwide.

    cred 9.0[1]2026-08-14

  • Even fewer convictions were achieved.

    cred 9.0[1]2026-08-14

  • DOJ leaders ignored internal concerns that transferring voter lists to HSI for criminal investigation might not be legal.

    cred 9.0[1]2026-08-14

  • Sanjay Yadav wrote to the Chief Election Commissioner on October 26, 2026.

    cred 9.0[1]2026-10-27

  • The letter concerns the counting of votes for eight seats in Bihar Legislative Council polls.

    cred 9.0[1]2026-10-27

  • Yadav requested that all disputed ballot papers be examined before first-preference counting begins.

    cred 9.0[1]2026-10-27

  • Pens of the same type as violet pens used for marking preferences must not be available at counting centres.

    cred 9.0[1]2026-10-27

  • The letter references the Chandigarh Mayoral Election case of 2024 and the Supreme Court's examination of unauthorised markings.

    cred 9.0[1]2026-10-27

  • Mass protests demanding election chief’s resignation enter third day across India.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Montana court blocks birthdate requirement on absentee ballots that led to thousands of rejections.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Judge blocks DHS environmental waivers, slowing border wall construction in Big Bend region.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • DHS bought five planes from Noem donor’s firm at inflated prices in her final hours as secretary.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • U.S.-Russia Ukraine talks now include multibillion-dollar Lukoil oil deal tied to Trump allies.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Altman says 'world should accept some bad things happening' to help AI industry.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Trump threatens to 'double' costs if South Korea doesn’t sign on to Alaska LNG project.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Trump posts Sen. Tom Cotton’s personal cell number to pressure him on daylight saving time.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • California woman arrested for allegedly spying on Taiwanese president’s son for China.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • U.S. strike on boat in Caribbean kills four.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Flavio Bolsonaro outperforms polls, will face Lula in Brazil runoff.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Pro-government forces seize capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray region.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Egypt, Eritrea, Somalia, Sudan leaders issue joint declaration on Ethiopia conflict.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Arrested journalists in Egypt describe torture, forced confessions.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Pro-Imran Khan march launches after talks with government collapse.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • India, Pakistan summon each other’s diplomats over deadly border incident.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Air strike kills UN aid truck driver in Sudan’s South Kordofan, WFP says; RSF accused of seizing WFP aid trucks.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Dodik’s party claims victory in Bosnia election despite his ban from office.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Nicaragua withdraws from Central American Parliament.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Russia strikes Kyiv bridge as Germany’s Merz makes unannounced visit.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Zelenskyy says Ukraine ready for U.S.-backed trilateral talks, accuses Russia of sharing jet technology with North Korea.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Japan summons U.S. ambassador after Marine arrested in Okinawa murder.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Philippines accuses Chinese maritime forces of obstructing anti-blast-fishing operation near Thitu Island.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • United States v. California, No. 2:26-cv-12025-DOC-ADS (C.D. Cal.), Judge David O. Carter

    cred 8.8[1]2026-11-01

  • The Ninth Circuit dismissed the federal government’s Oct. 22 appeal on Oct. 26, 2026

    cred 8.8[1]2026-11-01

  • The district court denied the government’s request for a TRO on Oct. 28, 2026

    cred 8.8[1]2026-11-01

  • United States v. Alaska, No. 3:26-cv-00376-SLG (D. Alaska), Judge Sharon L. Gleason

    cred 8.8[1]2026-11-01

  • Trujillo (and Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights) v. U.S. Department of Homeland Security, No. 1:26-cv-03072-JEB (D.D.C.), Chief Judge James E. Boasberg

    cred 8.8[1]2026-11-01

  • The district court ordered the government to provide plaintiffs with the list of more than 20,000 alleged noncitizen voters on Oct. 30, 2026

    cred 8.8[1]2026-11-01

  • Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO (SEIU) v. U.S. Department of Justice, No. 3:26-cv-12800-TLT (N.D. Cal.), Judge Trina L. Thompson

    cred 8.8[1]2026-11-01

  • The district court granted a temporary restraining order on Oct. 30, 2026

    cred 8.8[1]2026-11-01

  • The Colorado Secretary of State’s office instructed Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, and Weld counties to reconfigure their voting systems.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-08

  • Approximately 800,000 voters outside the Front Range Passenger Rail District received Ballot Issue 7A by mistake.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-08

  • Ballot Issue 7A asks voters near planned train stations if they want to tax themselves for expanded and more frequent passenger rail service along the Front Range.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-08

  • Judd Choate, director of elections at the Colorado Department of State, directed counties to exclude ineligible votes on 7A.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-08

  • Testing the system configuration is an important step in the process.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-08

  • Yemen’s Saudi-backed government announces operation to retake Sana’a.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Saudi-led coalition deploys 100 warplanes as Yemeni forces launch offensive.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • U.S. gives Saudi Arabia over 200 Ansarallah targets but holds off on direct strikes.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Aramco CEO says rebuilding global oil stocks could take two years.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • U.S. bombers withdrawn from RAF Fairford.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Middle East crude exports surpass pre-Iran war levels.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps orders tanker to turn back in Strait of Hormuz.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Iran summons Norwegian ambassador over Starlink operations.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Iraq to resume direct flights to Iran on Thursday.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Israeli attacks kill 15 across Gaza since Saturday.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Israeli forces kill worker, settlers attack olive harvesters across the occupied West Bank.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Palestinian olive sector loses over $157 million since 2023.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Israeli attacks damage or destroy 82% of Gaza’s buildings.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Somalia’s president says country won’t accept Israeli presence 'under any circumstances.'

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Israel launches air and artillery attacks across south Lebanon despite ceasefire.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Trump announces $90 payments to 20 million seniors from Medicare Improvement Fund.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

  • Hegseth signals some U.S. troops could shift from Europe to Western Hemisphere.

    cred 8.8[1]2026-10-05

Quotes

  • “Mary and her family sustained minor injuries but are in good spirits,”— Cheryl Bruce [1][2][3]
  • “All counting officials should follow the applicable election rules and prescribed standards uniformly.”— Sanjay Yadav [1]
  • “Any complaint regarding unauthorised interference or counting irregularities should be investigated fairly.”— Sanjay Yadav [1]
  • “This safeguard is necessary to prevent unauthorised marking or tampering with ballot papers.”— Sanjay Yadav [1]
  • “Road closures will not impact ballot collection from Conejos County’s three drop boxes”— Nathan Ruybal, Conejos County clerk and recorder [1]
  • “The county’s voting service and polling center are located at the clerk’s office, about four blocks uphill from the flooded areas”— Cindy Hall, clerk and recorder for Rio Grande County [1]
  • “All dropbox locations and in-person polling locations are open as scheduled, according to the county’s elections office”— Montezuma County elections office [1]
  • “The drop box at town hall has been closed because of flooding”— Archuleta County [1]
  • “Turnout appeared normal for a non-presidential general election”— Cindy Hall, Rio Grande County clerk and recorder [1]
  • “Please program your voting systems (Liberty Vote or Clear Ballot) to count Ballot Issue 7A for only eligible voters in the district.”— Judd Choate, director of elections at the Colorado Department of State [1]
  • “The Dawn of Yemen operation has begun to restore state institutions, liberate the capital Sana’a, and end the Houthi coup.”— Rashad al-Alimi, head of Yemen’s Presidential Leadership Council [1]
  • “The world entered the crisis with oil inventories of around 10 billion barrels” and has since “lost nearly 3 billion barrels” of oil supply.”— Amin Nasser, Aramco CEO [1]
  • “The world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology and people having the agency.”— Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO [1]
  • “Those eligible to vote in the race will be processed as normal. Those ineligible will be signature verified, deconstructed, and then duplicated onto a ballot style that does not include 7A.”— Judd Choate, the director of elections for the Colorado Department of State [1]
  • “The promotion of a candidate shall exclude any form of publicity, including the use of new media or social networks.”— Clause 1.9 of the Model Code of Conduct [1]
  • “She has urged the election authorities to examine the communication, establish the circumstances under which it was created and circulated, and seek an explanation from the persons concerned.”— P.T. Usha [1]
  • “She has also sought appropriate action under the applicable election rules if a violation is established, along with directions to ensure a level playing field for all candidates.”— P.T. Usha [1]
  • “The office said the counties will need to configure their systems to count responses to Issue 7A for only eligible voters in the district and that testing the configuration would be critical.”— the Secretary of State’s office [1]
  • ““The result is often unexpected. I confess I was convinced I was going to win the election in the first round,” he said. “But we have the second round, and the second round is the real test. Tomorrow we start a new campaign.””— Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva [1]
  • “Ken Martin, the DNC chair, said in a statement that Trump was misusing taxpayer dollars in 'a last-ditch attempt to save Republicans in November. Americans deserve better than to have their hard-earned tax dollars used for Trump’s illegal schemes.'”— Ken Martin, DNC chair [1]
  • “Even at full throttle, we’re not burning any fuel up here. We’re not polluting the environment. [There’s] no noise pollution.”— Chris Caputo [1]
  • “We’re taking a pragmatic stepwise approach for both certification and market entry.”— Kyle Clark [1]
  • “You could lose an entire half of the system, and it would still function the same.”— Adam Lowe [1]
  • ““Brazil wants change,” Bolsonaro said in Brasília, thanking some 56 million voters, more than his father won in the first round in 2022. “The end of the PT era is hereby decreed,” he added.”— Flávio Bolsonaro [1]
  • “The foundation upon which American democracy has been built is the right to vote. … Now it seems the Executive Branch of the United States government wants to abridge the right of many Americans to cast their ballots.”— California federal Judge David O. Carter [1]
  • “The United Statesâs proposed interpretation of the CRA would therefore criminalize the same conduct that the [voting laws] require. This Court will not read [Title III] to produce such an absurd result.”— Maryland Judge Stephanie A. Gallagher [1]
  • “Public statements from government officials reveal its intentions: to create a nationwide voter-database, for potential weaponization in future elections; as a âfishing expedition,â hoped to advance unsubstantiated claims of non-citizen voting; and as a tool for immigration enforcement.”— Pennsylvania federal Judge Cathy Bissoon [1]
  • “Mary is disappointed that the accident is delaying the start of her Alaska Always tour, and she is eager to get back on the campaign trail to speak directly with Alaskans about her plan to take on the rigged system and lower costs for working families.”— Cheryl Bruce [1]
  • “He also directed the immediate termination of the outsourced computer assistant allegedly involved in the Pilibhit case.”— Uttar Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Navdeep Rinwa [1]
  • “The United States championing of its claims under the [election laws], in both its briefing and its presentation at the hearing on this matter, can only be described as halfhearted.”— Maine federal Judge Lance E. Walker [1]