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Stories / Issue · Sep 28 – Oct 2, 2026

Election Security

23Members · 19 D · 4 R
22Actions · 18 D · 4 R
14States & territories · CA · MN · VA · PA lead
0Bills named

How the conversation moved

Democrat Republican · one dot = one action
Action typeSat26Sun27Mon287Tue293Wed304Thu15Fri23Total
Sent lettersTo agencies, companies, officials 9
HearingsHeld, testified or questioned 1
StatementsResponses to news 1
CriticizedA policy, decision or person 2
PraisedCredit for a decision or person 1
Filed or pushed billsNew, reintroduced or passed 6
Other 2

Developing stories

2 threads · 10 of 22 actions

2026 Midterm Election Interference Concerns

11 members

  1. Sep 28Welch demanded answers on DOJ hiring attorney convicted of election interference for poll monitoring.
  2. Sep 29Cortez Masto joined letter demanding DHS Secretary halt efforts to undermine 2026 midterm elections.
  3. Sep 29Slotkin urged DHS Secretary to halt efforts undermining 2026 midterm election integrity and security.
  4. Sep 30Coons, Blunt Rochester Senators demanded DHS halt alleged efforts to control 2026 midterm elections and undermine election integrity.
  5. Oct 1Baldwin demanded DHS halt efforts to assert federal control over 2026 midterm elections.

8 actions →

Voter Voucher Transparency Act

2 members

  1. Sep 28Emmer (R) cosponsored bill requiring states to report voter vouching policies to election commission.
  2. Sep 28Stauber (R) introduced legislation requiring states to report standardized data on voter vouching in federal elections.

2 actions →

Where they stand

Support · 7

  • DScanlon PAIntroduced Accessible Voting Act and Dropbox Access Act
  • DLarsen WAIntroduced America Votes Act to protect voter access
  • DSlotkin MISecured DOD confirmation that no troops will be deployed to polling sites
  • RBoebert COPraised Supreme Court decision on SAVE citizenship verification program
  • DCantwell WAIntroduced bill to protect election workers and voters from intimidation
  • RStauber MNIntroduced bill to create federal reporting requirements on voter vouching
  • REmmer MNCosponsored bill to increase transparency in voter vouching policies

Oppose · 12

  • DBooker NJCriticized Republicans for promoting election misinformation
  • DBaldwin WIDemanded DHS halt federal election control efforts and election-related grant conditions
  • DRoss NCRaised concerns about federal election intervention and voting restrictions
  • DPadilla CAOpposes anti-voter identification provision in Republican bill
  • DCoons DEDemanded DHS halt federal control efforts over 2026 midterm elections
  • DBlunt Rochester DEDemanded DHS halt federal control efforts over midterm elections
  • DCortez Masto NVDemanded DHS halt election interference efforts
  • DWelch VTQuestioned DOJ's hiring of election interference convict for monitoring
  • DKelly AZDemanded DHS halt election interference efforts
  • DGallego AZOpposes DHS efforts to control 2026 midterm elections
  • DFetterman PAOpposes DHS efforts to control 2026 midterm elections
  • DKaine VADemanded DHS halt election interference efforts and release FEMA grants

What each party did · Democrats 18 · Republicans 4

  • 9Sent letters0
  • 1Hearings0
  • 1Statements0
  • 2Criticized0
  • 0Praised1
  • 3Filed or pushed bills3
  • 2Other0

By state

  • CA3
  • MN3
  • VA2
  • PA2
  • WA2
  • MI2
  • DE2
  • CO2

+6 more with fewer actions

Every action

22 actions · 25 releases
  1. Oct 2, 2026
  2. Oct 1, 2026
  3. Sep 30, 2026
  4. Sep 29, 2026
  5. Sep 28, 2026

Summaries, action types, amounts and positions are read from each press release by AI and can be wrong. Joint releases (same day, same action, matching title or amount) count once. How it works