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Election Day 2026: Photos from around the country
Confirmed
In Short: BIDDEFORD, Maine (WGME) -- The outside of Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ Biddeford office was vandalized ahead of Election Day, with red paint and the words “blood on her hands” left on the sidewalk, her campaign said.
Meanwhile, in India, protests over electoral roll revisions have turned violent. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) organized a rally in Delhi demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
The protests come after an investigation by The Indian Express exposed a rift within the Election Commission over changes to electoral rolls.
Elsewhere, the 2026 midterm elections in the U.S. Are underway, with key races deciding the balance of power in Washington.
Ten of the top 50 elections are for the U.S. House of Representatives, where Republicans currently hold a 218-214 majority with one independent.
Missouri’s Republican secretary of state has ordered local election authorities to use the 2022 congressional map instead of a map backed by former President Trump, after the Supreme Court struck it down.
The decision means Missouri will run the general election with a different congressional map than was used in the primary.
Supporters of India's opposition parties are holding placards and shouting slogans in protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
BIDDEFORD, Maine (WGME) -- The outside of Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ Biddeford office was vandalized ahead of Election Day, with red paint and the words “blood on her hands” left on the sidewalk, her campaign said.
What this adds
The federal government's efforts to deter illegal voting are part of a broader strategy to ensure fair elections, while protests in India highlight the tensions surrounding electoral reforms.
What's confirmed
- Meanwhile, in India, protests over electoral roll revisions have turned violent. The Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) organized a rally in Delhi demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- The protests come after an investigation by The Indian Express exposed a rift within the Election Commission over changes to electoral rolls.
- Elsewhere, the 2026 midterm elections in the U.S. Are underway, with key races deciding the balance of power in Washington.
- Ten of the top 50 elections are for the U.S. House of Representatives, where Republicans currently hold a 218-214 majority with one independent.
- Missouri’s Republican secretary of state has ordered local election authorities to use the 2022 congressional map instead of a map backed by former President Trump, after the Supreme Court struck it down.
- The decision means Missouri will run the general election with a different congressional map than was used in the primary.
- Supporters of India's opposition parties are holding placards and shouting slogans in protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
- BIDDEFORD, Maine (WGME) -- The outside of Republican Sen. Susan Collins’ Biddeford office was vandalized ahead of Election Day, with red paint and the words “blood on her hands” left on the sidewalk, her campaign said.
What's still developing
- The federal government is arresting many migrants who voted in prior elections as they try to deter illegal voting in the 2026 midterms.
- More charges were announced in California by federal prosecutor Bill Essayli: The Justice Department “ is sending 1,000+ monitors & observers to all 50 states to help ensure a free & fair election,” said a post by Harmeet Dhillon, the department’s top civil rights official.
- Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day: On Nov. 3, voters across the country will decide congressional, state, and local elections.
- And we are bringing you a special Election Day episode, where David will ask Grifter Sarah questions, and Grifter Sarah will do her best to be a little less grifty than usual, maybe, maybe just more operative than grifter.
- And then don't worry, we will return to a legal podcast, albeit an election-ish legal podcast, where we will talk more about Alaska and what the new revelations from that New York Times piece about the recruitment of the other Dan Sullivan, what that means criminally and electionally for Alaska, as well as updates on the California 20,000 non-citizens on the voter rolls lawsuit.
- CBS News' "America Decides: Election 2026" live coverage on TV and cable starts Tuesday at 7 p.m.
- The public intervention by the prominent hedge fund manager, who is Jewish, comes just two days before Israel’s general election, in which polls show a tight race between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition and the opposition.
- Ben-Gvir’s Jewish Power party is projected to win around 10 parliamentary seats at Tuesday’s election, up from 6, while Smotrich’s Religious Zionism is projected to win 8, up from 7.
- And yet some are arguing that asking Bolsonaro to surrender his passports just a day after the election does look like political retribution and is the result of bias within the judicial system in Brazil.
- A Kaiser Permanente study conducted in Northern and Southern California found hospitalizations for heart attack, stroke, and heart failure were 17% higher in the 5 days after the 2020 election than in the same 5 days in the period 2 weeks before the election.
- “This study of the 2020 U.S. presidential election reinforces the findings from our study of the 2016 presidential election: In both cases we saw significantly higher rates of acute cardiovascular disease in the days after the election,” said co-first author Matthew T.
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