ProPublica reporter covering voting, elections and democracy. Former @votebeatUS @azcentral @stateline_news. Tips: DMs open and on Signal jenafifield.01.
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Apr 13
NEW: In 2020, as President Trump tried to overturn his loss to Joe Biden, the institutional guardrails of American democracy held — barely.
A @ProPublica investigation found that, ahead of the midterms, Trump has systematically demolished those guardrails. 🧵
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Jun 10
The secretary of state’s office erroneously sent election result data to a Nevada Independent server before polls closed.
It includes results from about 66,000 votes cast. It’s illegal for results to be publicized before voting ends. See the latest:
thenevadaindependent.com/art…
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Jun 11
NEW: I've obtained video clips of the March 12 incident in which Maricopa County Recorder's Office employees allegedly took a scanner from MCTEC.
One appears to be Chief Information Officer Bryan Colby, the other is blurred. See a clip below.
Background: votebeat.org/arizona/2026/06…
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Jun 8
don't believe me, believe my former self... this is a typical timeline in California
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California always takes about a month to finish counting. They are mostly a mail voting state (90% or so) & count ballots postmarked on Election Day, which they might not get for a week. Then signature verification begins.
Since when does long timeline automatically = fraud?
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New details are emerging on the Trump administration efforts to investigate voter fraud. The FBI has interviewed an election skeptic in Wisconsin as part of its expanding probe, which may be aimed more at 2026 and 2028 than 2020. w/@AlexanderShur
votebeat.org/national/2026/0…
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Jun 4
what in the AI
The No Labels Party is another political party, just like Democrat and Republican. It is not an "independent party." An Independent Party is not recognized in the state of Arizona.
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Jun 3
When Bolles pulled out of his parking spot to leave, a remote control blast of six sticks of dynamite shattered his Datsun.
From the asphalt, Bolles said the words, "Mafia," "Emprise," and "John Adamson."
azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
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May 29
USPS just proposed new rules requiring states to give USPS lists of voters they are sending mail ballots to, moving ahead with Trump's latest elections-related executive order...
Proposal: public-inspection.federalreg…
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May 29
NEW Recorder Justin Heap's response to Maricopa County Board approving ballot drop boxes, etc.: Wants judge to hold board in civil contempt. County response coming. War rages with 24 days to go until voters get early ballots for primary.
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May 28
Texas using DPS records to confirm citizenship of voters flagged by federal database
With @VotebeatUS: bit.ly/3RS8kp7
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May 22
There’s a quiet all out war for the future of our country. Let us not misdirect our precious resources.
I do not believe I lost due to fraudulent votes, mail-in ballots, hacking, or mistabulated results. I respect those who want to make sure, but I won’t be requesting a recount.
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May 22
SCOOP: Maricopa County Recorder Justin Heap referred voters that he claims are noncitizens to the Arizona Attorney General’s Office this afternoon.
It comes after state prosecutors suggested they could take legal action against him. Read: votebeat.org/arizona/2026/05…
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May 22
Exclusive: Trump officials tried to ban half of U.S. voting machines, citing conspiracy theories reuters.com/legal/litigation…
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May 16
Packed room at Poisoned Pen in Scottsdale for @jeremyduda’s book signing. Congrats, Jeremy.
Really great stuff for those who love murder mysteries, history, politics, journalism, Arizona etc: amazon.com/Murder-Fourth-Est…
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May 15
"It was Sunday, March 7, 1965, when Mauldin, who was 17, joined hundreds of other demonstrators in a march from Selma, Alabama, to the state Capitol in Montgomery to demand voting rights for Black Americans."
via @mayatmiller @lisalsong
propublica.org/article/charl…
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May 15
ABC News has now taken all FiveThirtyEight articles completely offline. They now redirect to abcnews dot com/politics. A needless erasure of thousands of pages of knowledge.
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ProPublica's new podcast has launched! 🎉🎉 Check it out: propublica.org/podcast/what-…
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May 14
The Auditor General of Pennsylvania recently audited 210,905 voter registration forms.
He found 1 non-citizen in that batch. That non-citizen never voted. And was later removed from the voter rolls.
More in my blog post @CatoInstitute:
cato.org/blog/another-data-p…
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May 14
DEBATES TONIGHT
▶️5pm: GOP AG primary @GinaSwoboda v @realAlexKolodin on @azpbs (Channel 8) & @azpbsnow on YouTube.
▶️6pm: Round 2 of GOP school supe primary @RealTomHorne v @KimberlyYeeAZ on 12News streaming & 12news.com
▶️#LD3 GOP House/Sen
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May 14
We're at 993 subscribers. If we can hit 1,000 by the end of the week I'll include a photo in the next edition of me as a kid super excited to find two bananas in one peel. Trust me it's fascinating and you'll want to see it.
May 14
Mastriano, internet-connected e-pollbooks, Philly lawsuits and more in this week's Votebeat PA newsletter. Sign up below.
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The NYT appears to have taken a great feature story written by my colleague at Bolts about a West Tennessee county & the VRA, & essentially rewritten it. (Same frame, similar hed, overlapping sources.)
Without any mention or credit, let alone a hyperlink buried somewhere.
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