Short, timestamped items on elections in progress: filings, withdrawals, certified counts, recount triggers, registration deadlines and emergency court orders affecting how a vote is run. Context is limited to what changed. Built for campaign teams, election officials and reporters working against a deadline.
Short, timestamped items on elections in progress: filings, withdrawals, certified counts, recount triggers, registration deadlines and emergency court orders affecting how a vote is run. Context is limited to what changed. Built for campaign teams, election officials and reporters working against a deadline.
Post-2024 election litigation runs through certification procedures rather than recounts — and the deadlines, not the arguments, decide what courts can still do.
Alexandria Lucas · August 24, 2026
A mismatched or missing signature doesn't end a mail ballot's chances. Election offices flag it, notify the voter, and give them a fixed window to fix it — a process with its own deadlines, tiers of review, and paper trail.
Alexandria Lucas · August 16, 2026
Election-night totals are never final. A canvass reconciles every ballot, a designated official certifies the count, and for president a federal law forces the state to lock in its result six days before electors meet.
Alexandria Lucas · August 14, 2026
After Senator Lindsey Graham's death on July 11, Governor Henry McMaster appointed Darline Graham within days — and the November nominee will now be chosen by a special Republican primary rather than the June ballot.
Alexandria Lucas · August 1, 2026
California's measures had to qualify by June 25, Ohio's by July 1 — and with roughly 131 initiatives already certified nationally, the 2026 ballot-measure season is largely locked.
Alexandria Lucas · July 9, 2026