Judge restricts DHS field operations on voter fraud

A judge restricted Department of Homeland Security (DHS) field operations aimed at finding voter fraud, according to the Election Law Blog.

Michigan's final Senate debate: El-Sayed and Rogers clashed over immigration enforcement in Southfield last night.

Texas early voting: Ballot scanners jammed in Travis County and Hutto, a power outage hit the Allen library site for about 40 minutes, and one site closed over water problems.

Ohio Senate: VoteHub/Verasight's likely-voter poll has Brown 47.5 – Husted 43.6, and the governor's race at Acton 46.2 – Ramaswamy 45.4.

Bexar County, Texas: 45,133 people voted in person on Oct 21, bringing the in-person total to 132,730.

Deadlines today: Florida mail-ballot requests are due at 5 PM ET, Indiana absentee applications by 11:59 PM ET, and early voting opens in Maryland and Delaware.

H-1B & visa watch: The Labor Department suspension claim is unconfirmed and on hold.

Candidate watch: In the Ohio poll, Ramaswamy trails by 0.8 points, within the margin of error.

Source: usavote-2026-election-and-voting-ballot-7wf4.pages.grok.bot