Bracing for the Coming Wave of Legal Challenges to Midterm Voting
People vote at a polling location at the Metro Headquarters Building during California's state primary election in Los Angeles, California, on June 2, 2026. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)
Airdate: Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 9 AM
Twelve days from the midterms, election officials and teams of lawyers are preparing for what has become a depressingly familiar American tradition: challenges to voting. The Trump administration has been focused on voter integrity, including filing suits to take purported noncitizens off voter rolls, and attempting to collect sensitive voter data from states. Meanwhile, legal teams are gearing up for challenges to election results. We’ll talk to experts and hear your concerns.
Guests:
- Richard Hasen, Gary T. Schwartz Endowed Chair in Law, professor of political science, and director of the safeguarding democracy project, UCLA School of Law
- Sophia Lin Lakin, director, voting rights project, ACLU