Carrie Levine
@levinecarrie.bsky.social
Editor-in-chief, Votebeat. Always following the money. https://www.votebeat.org/
We here @votebeat.org don't cover the horse race. But we are making an exception for our very own mascot election.
There was a heated campaign. You voted. Now it's time to find out who won - and understand ranked choice voting a little better along the way.
There was a heated campaign. You voted. Now it's time to find out who won - and understand ranked choice voting a little better along the way.
October 30, 2025 at 1:07 PM
We here @votebeat.org don't cover the horse race. But we are making an exception for our very own mascot election.
There was a heated campaign. You voted. Now it's time to find out who won - and understand ranked choice voting a little better along the way.
There was a heated campaign. You voted. Now it's time to find out who won - and understand ranked choice voting a little better along the way.
The Justice Department's demands that states turn over their voter rolls are highlighting long-running conflicts over how best to ensure that only eligible voters are on them, and exactly what the law requires.
@jenafifield.bsky.social @carterwalker.bsky.social explain for @votebeat.org.
@jenafifield.bsky.social @carterwalker.bsky.social explain for @votebeat.org.
September 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The Justice Department's demands that states turn over their voter rolls are highlighting long-running conflicts over how best to ensure that only eligible voters are on them, and exactly what the law requires.
@jenafifield.bsky.social @carterwalker.bsky.social explain for @votebeat.org.
@jenafifield.bsky.social @carterwalker.bsky.social explain for @votebeat.org.
The Trump administration will appeal one of two preliminary injunctions blocking some provisions of his executive order on elections, according to a new filing. This applies to a case brought by 19 states.
July 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Trump administration will appeal one of two preliminary injunctions blocking some provisions of his executive order on elections, according to a new filing. This applies to a case brought by 19 states.
Read it here: www.votebeat.org/arizona/2025...
@votebeat.org will continue to pursue relevant public records.
@votebeat.org will continue to pursue relevant public records.
July 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Read it here: www.votebeat.org/arizona/2025...
@votebeat.org will continue to pursue relevant public records.
@votebeat.org will continue to pursue relevant public records.
EXCLUSIVE from @JenAFifield EXCLUSIVE from @JenAFifield Text messages obtained by Votebeat shed new light on Heap's discussions with two county supervisors over control of elections.
July 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
EXCLUSIVE from @JenAFifield EXCLUSIVE from @JenAFifield Text messages obtained by Votebeat shed new light on Heap's discussions with two county supervisors over control of elections.
NEW @VotebeatUS Add Pennsylvania to the states getting questions from DOJ about how it manages its voter rolls. h/t @carterwalker.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
NEW @VotebeatUS Add Pennsylvania to the states getting questions from DOJ about how it manages its voter rolls. h/t @carterwalker.bsky.social
🚨A second federal judge has blocked provisions of Trump's executive order on elections, including a citizenship proof requirement.
June 13, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🚨A second federal judge has blocked provisions of Trump's executive order on elections, including a citizenship proof requirement.
The Georgia Supreme Court has invalidated rules the state election board tried to impose before the presidential election, including a move to change the way officials finalize vote totals that drew wide concern, per @ajc.com
June 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The Georgia Supreme Court has invalidated rules the state election board tried to impose before the presidential election, including a move to change the way officials finalize vote totals that drew wide concern, per @ajc.com
And separately, an important read on groundbreaking new research from @kevintmorris.bsky.social @brennancenter.org that showed a 2021 overhaul of Texas' election laws creating new ID requirements for mail voting could have had long-term effects.
May 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
And separately, an important read on groundbreaking new research from @kevintmorris.bsky.social @brennancenter.org that showed a 2021 overhaul of Texas' election laws creating new ID requirements for mail voting could have had long-term effects.
🚨Two important new voting stories out of Texas this morning and up @votebeat.org, both urgent and important. 🧵
To start, Texas' bid to pass a citizenship proof requirement for voters appears likely dead this legislative session - it missed a key House deadline Tuesday.
To start, Texas' bid to pass a citizenship proof requirement for voters appears likely dead this legislative session - it missed a key House deadline Tuesday.
May 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🚨Two important new voting stories out of Texas this morning and up @votebeat.org, both urgent and important. 🧵
To start, Texas' bid to pass a citizenship proof requirement for voters appears likely dead this legislative session - it missed a key House deadline Tuesday.
To start, Texas' bid to pass a citizenship proof requirement for voters appears likely dead this legislative session - it missed a key House deadline Tuesday.
In October 2021, in a tiny PA borough, a mayoral candidate looked at the voting rolls and saw the names of people who he knew didn't live there.
Right then, a failed attempt at election fraud began unraveling, and Carter Walker @votebeat.org has the tale. There's a lot to learn. 🧵
Right then, a failed attempt at election fraud began unraveling, and Carter Walker @votebeat.org has the tale. There's a lot to learn. 🧵
May 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
In October 2021, in a tiny PA borough, a mayoral candidate looked at the voting rolls and saw the names of people who he knew didn't live there.
Right then, a failed attempt at election fraud began unraveling, and Carter Walker @votebeat.org has the tale. There's a lot to learn. 🧵
Right then, a failed attempt at election fraud began unraveling, and Carter Walker @votebeat.org has the tale. There's a lot to learn. 🧵
Update on the Trump elections EO case: it appears DOJ does not plan to appeal the preliminary injunction a federal judge issued last month, per representations in a scheduling brief filed tonight.
May 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Update on the Trump elections EO case: it appears DOJ does not plan to appeal the preliminary injunction a federal judge issued last month, per representations in a scheduling brief filed tonight.
And a great read from @alexandershur.bsky.social out of Wisconsin, where towns are struggling to find candidates willing to be clerks. @votebeat.org has written a lot of good stories about the need for election workers, and this one is worth your time. Also, TIL there's a Texas, WI!
May 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
And a great read from @alexandershur.bsky.social out of Wisconsin, where towns are struggling to find candidates willing to be clerks. @votebeat.org has written a lot of good stories about the need for election workers, and this one is worth your time. Also, TIL there's a Texas, WI!
A couple of really good reads up @votebeat.org this morning.
First, want to know the state of play of the push for stricter voter ID laws in PA? There's been some new noises around getting a deal done. Carter Walker and Stephen Caruso reported the heck out of it - and don't hold your breath.
First, want to know the state of play of the push for stricter voter ID laws in PA? There's been some new noises around getting a deal done. Carter Walker and Stephen Caruso reported the heck out of it - and don't hold your breath.
May 5, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A couple of really good reads up @votebeat.org this morning.
First, want to know the state of play of the push for stricter voter ID laws in PA? There's been some new noises around getting a deal done. Carter Walker and Stephen Caruso reported the heck out of it - and don't hold your breath.
First, want to know the state of play of the push for stricter voter ID laws in PA? There's been some new noises around getting a deal done. Carter Walker and Stephen Caruso reported the heck out of it - and don't hold your breath.
Also, Kollar-Kotelly writes a footnote that probably no lawyer wants a federal judge to write about them.
April 24, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Also, Kollar-Kotelly writes a footnote that probably no lawyer wants a federal judge to write about them.
And here is Kollar-Kotelly on DOJ's arguments against granting the preliminary injunction against the provision in the executive order requiring voters to provide citizenship proof, despite DOJ's arguments. She does not appear to have found them persuasive.
April 24, 2025 at 7:22 PM
And here is Kollar-Kotelly on DOJ's arguments against granting the preliminary injunction against the provision in the executive order requiring voters to provide citizenship proof, despite DOJ's arguments. She does not appear to have found them persuasive.
In her opinion, Kollar-Kotelly notes that Congress debated allowing states to require proof of citizenship when it passed the NVRA, and decided not to. I wrote about that here: www.votebeat.org/2025/03/31/p...
April 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
In her opinion, Kollar-Kotelly notes that Congress debated allowing states to require proof of citizenship when it passed the NVRA, and decided not to. I wrote about that here: www.votebeat.org/2025/03/31/p...
And for analysis of how election officials have spent this money in the past, check out this report from @bpc-bipartisan.bsky.social
bipartisanpolicy.org/report/impac...
bipartisanpolicy.org/report/impac...
March 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
And for analysis of how election officials have spent this money in the past, check out this report from @bpc-bipartisan.bsky.social
bipartisanpolicy.org/report/impac...
bipartisanpolicy.org/report/impac...
The new House funding legislation includes $15M in election security grants-less than the $55M Congress allowed in 2024 and far less than what election officials say they need, but more than the $0 allocated in some past years.
March 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The new House funding legislation includes $15M in election security grants-less than the $55M Congress allowed in 2024 and far less than what election officials say they need, but more than the $0 allocated in some past years.
The US Capitol and the Eisenhower Memorial early this morning. Best time of day to enjoy the gems of the city.
February 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The US Capitol and the Eisenhower Memorial early this morning. Best time of day to enjoy the gems of the city.
GA SOS Raffensperger yesterday asked DOJ to withdraw from a major voting rights case against the state and "consider filing statements of interest in support of Georgia’s election administration practices in related legal cases."
February 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
GA SOS Raffensperger yesterday asked DOJ to withdraw from a major voting rights case against the state and "consider filing statements of interest in support of Georgia’s election administration practices in related legal cases."
Photo doesn’t do it justice, but lovely sunrise spotted from the grounds of the US Capitol early this morning. Grateful for it.
February 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Photo doesn’t do it justice, but lovely sunrise spotted from the grounds of the US Capitol early this morning. Grateful for it.
Polls show that Americans now have more confidence in elections.
But election administrators are still despondent. @jessicahuseman.bsky.social got a preview of a new survey with startling findings for @votebeat.org .
But election administrators are still despondent. @jessicahuseman.bsky.social got a preview of a new survey with startling findings for @votebeat.org .
January 30, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Polls show that Americans now have more confidence in elections.
But election administrators are still despondent. @jessicahuseman.bsky.social got a preview of a new survey with startling findings for @votebeat.org .
But election administrators are still despondent. @jessicahuseman.bsky.social got a preview of a new survey with startling findings for @votebeat.org .
NEW: Trump's DOJ withdrawing from a Virginia voting rights case, per new filing today.
What does that tell us?
What does that tell us?
January 29, 2025 at 1:20 AM
NEW: Trump's DOJ withdrawing from a Virginia voting rights case, per new filing today.
What does that tell us?
What does that tell us?
In the appropriations legislation allocating the $55 million in election grants, passed 3/23/24, Congress required
@EACgov to make the payments to the states "not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act."
@EACgov to make the payments to the states "not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act."
January 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
In the appropriations legislation allocating the $55 million in election grants, passed 3/23/24, Congress required
@EACgov to make the payments to the states "not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act."
@EACgov to make the payments to the states "not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act."