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Jen Fifield

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
7
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Sep 29, 2026
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Top 500K sites
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Jul 10, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Jen Fifield

    The untold origins of Trump’s plan to sharply restrict mail-in voting - Salon.com (opens the original)

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    This article originally appeared on ProPublica. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court blocked an executive order from President Donald Trump restricting voting by mail in ways that could have thrown the upcoming midterms into chaos. But the White House originally had far more disruptive plans, ProPublica has learned. According to several people knowledgeable about the discussions, the administration initially floated an idea that would have virtually shut down mail voting: requiring all ballots

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Jen Fifield and Peter Elkind

    The Untold Origins of Trump’s Plan to Sharply Restrict Mail-In Voting (opens the original)

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    Earlier this month, the Supreme Court blocked an executive order from President Donald Trump restricting voting by mail in ways that could have thrown the upcoming midterms into chaos. But the White House originally had far more disruptive plans, ProPublica has learned. According to several people knowledgeable about the discussions, the administration initially floated an idea that would have virtually shut down mail voting: requiring all ballots to be delivered exclusively through certified ma

  3. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Jen Fifield

    U.S. Postal Service failed to properly handle some ballots during this year’s primary elections - Salon.com (opens the original)

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    This article originally appeared on ProPublica. Some U.S. Postal Service facilities failed to properly handle ballots during this year’s primary elections, according to a new audit from the agency’s Office of Inspector General. Election experts say the findings call into question the agency’s ability to meet even greater demands for the November election that are under consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court. The audit, which is dated Sept. 4 but has not been previously reported, found a lack of

  4. Article · Sep 10, 2026 · Jen Fifield

    U.S. Postal Service Failed to Properly Handle Some Ballots During This Year’s Primary Elections, Audit Finds (opens the original)

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    Some U.S. Postal Service facilities failed to properly handle ballots during this year’s primary elections, according to a new audit from the agency’s Office of Inspector General. Election experts say the findings call into question the agency’s ability to meet even greater demands for the November election that are under consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court. The audit, which is dated Sept. 4 but has not been previously reported, found a lack of training for post office staff on how to proper

  5. Article · Sep 3, 2026 · Jen Fifield

    New mail voting rules moved forward despite USPS officials’ concerns about mass disenfranchisement - Salon.com (opens the original)

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    This article originally appeared on ProPublica. Top U.S. Postal Service officials tasked with issuing new regulations on mail voting expressed concerns in internal meetings about how the rules they were drafting could delay or block ballots from reaching large swaths of eligible voters for the upcoming midterms, but the rules moved forward anyway, ProPublica has learned. The revelations about the discussions, from someone familiar with the rulemaking process, come as a separate anonymous federal

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