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More than 50 million early votes cast ahead of US midterms

· ≈ Washington, United States of America · single source so far

A record number of early votes has been cast, with over 50 million ballots in, as both parties campaign before Tuesday's midterm elections.

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≈ 38.90°N 77.04°W
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1 Nov 2026, 13:32 UTC
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More than 50 million early votes cast ahead of Tuesday's US midterms

A record number of early votes, over 50 million, has been cast as both parties campaign before Tuesday's midterm elections. On Saturday, a judge ordered the administration to stop threatening election officials who had received letters demanding that ballots of possible non-citizen voters be set aside. President Trump is alleging electoral fraud, according to a DW report.

  • Over 50 million early ballots are in, up from more than 43 million reported on Thursday.
  • A judge barred the Trump administration from threatening election officials over ballots.
  • On Friday, the 9th Circuit again rejected a bid to remove 20,000 ballots from California's count, calling it unconstitutional.
  • A federal judge dismissed with prejudice Trump's lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch over a story on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Updated 1 Nov 2026, 14:18 UTC · Written by Claude from the reports on this page and on the map. Check the linked sources for full details.

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