What we know
What we know: Election Day arrives after a surge in early voting, with observers keeping close watch at the polls
Compiled Nov 3
What we know
- The final day of midterm voting arrives Tuesday
- Early voting turnout is on pace to exceed the last midterm elections two years ago
- Voting so far has unfolded with relatively few problems
- Trump's Justice and Homeland Security departments conducted a predawn operation in California leading to more than two dozen arrests of alleged noncitizen voters
- The Justice Department planned its largest-ever effort to monitor Election Day polling places, countered by a larger Democratic effort
- The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the administration's push to force California to set aside thousands of ballots in a noncitizen voter search
What we don’t know yet
- Election law experts said Trump's legal arguments were unlikely to convince the courts, implying outcomes remain undecided
- Whether more modifications to polling locations in the Southwest will be announced is still being assessed
- Trump gave only a qualified answer on whether he would accept election results
- Legal battles over noncitizen voters and federal monitors could extend past Election Day into certification
Open questions
- Will the legal battles over election monitoring and noncitizen voters continue past Election Day?
- How will flooding in the Southwest ultimately affect voter turnout there?
- Will Trump accept the election results if Republicans lose?
- Could further court rulings affect certification of results in contested states like Alaska?
Drawn from the Associated Press report. “What we don’t know” lists only what the reporting itself flags as unresolved.