Jen Fifield
ProPublica reporter covering voting, elections and democracy. Phoenix native. Mom of two. Send tips: In chat or on Signal: jenafifield.01
- Reposted by Jen Fifield“The idea that federal officials would seize ballots in an attempt to prove fraud is especially dangerous in this context when we know … the Georgia 2020 election has been extensively counted, recounted and investigated,” one expert said. By @dougbockclark.bsky.social @jenafifield.bsky.social
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- "Election officials say trust with CISA is broken — and may not come back," via @jessicahuseman.bsky.social www.votebeat.org/2026/01/15/c...
- The fight over changing "No Labels Party" to "Arizona Independent Party" is important to pay attention to especially for Congressional races. If you're new to AZ, registering to vote and see "Arizona Independent Party" you might think it means you'll be unaffiliated but really...
- Reposted by Jen FifieldIf you donate $40 to @propublica.org for Giving Tuesday, you can get this awesome Tips Tote: ‘Someone reading this tote has the next big story. Is it you?’ give.propublica.org/campaign/749...
- ICYMI: The letter 10 secretaries of state sent yesterday to DOJ & DHS asking if they really ran states' voter rolls through SAVE (the newly expanded system that checks citizenship). The election officials have legal and privacy concerns and want to know why they were misled.
- New law in Montana requiring birth year on mail-in ballot leads to thousands of rejected ballots, via Micah Drew dailymontanan.com/2025/11/12/t...
- "DOJ asked for 2020 election records. Fulton County responded: By ignoring it." via @calebgroves.bsky.social www.ajc.com/politics/202...
- "Trump's Pardon of Giuliani: How Presidential Clemency Powers Work," via @gregorykorte.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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- Just in: USCIS says in news release that election officials have run more than 46 million queries to check voters' citizenship in expanded SAVE tool, and more than half of states have signed up to use the tool or are in the process. Background:
- ICYMI: DHS is seeking to collect state driver's license data as it takes on an unprecedented expansion of a system that used to just contain info on immigrants but now has info on hundreds of millions of Americans, including SSNs. Via me & @zachdespart.bsky.social @propublica.org @texastribune.org
- The plan is the latest step in an unprecedented Trump administration initiative to pool confidential data from varied sources that it claims will help identify noncitizens on voter rolls, tighten immigration enforcement and expose public benefit fraud.
- JUST IN: The Department of Homeland Security says it intends to add state driver’s license information to a swiftly expanding federal system envisioned as a one-stop shop for checking citizenship, raising concerns about privacy and accuracy. www.propublica.org/article/dhs-...
- JUST IN: The Department of Homeland Security says it intends to add state driver’s license information to a swiftly expanding federal system envisioned as a one-stop shop for checking citizenship, raising concerns about privacy and accuracy. www.propublica.org/article/dhs-...
- Reposted by Jen FifieldNEW from @jenafifield.bsky.social: recently released agreement gives the Department of Homeland Security access to hundreds of millions of Americans’ Social Security data. It contains alarmingly few provisions to ensure accuracy and privacy, experts say. www.propublica.org/article/dhs-...
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- It's been more than a year since AZ announced that, over the course of 20 years, it failed to collect citizenship proof for 200K voters. News coverage has mostly moved on but I'm glad @votebeat.org is staying on it, because the consequences for voters are just now coming to bear...
- Arguments are getting kind of heated. Listen here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Ea...
- Tomorrow: Supreme Court to hear arguments in pivotal case on the Voting Rights Act www.scotusblog.com/2025/10/supr...
- Five years after trying to aid Trump, Pennsylvania’s Fulton County faces steep penalty, from Carter Walker / Votebeat www.votebeat.org/pennsylvania...
- Tomorrow: Supreme Court to hear arguments in pivotal case on the Voting Rights Act www.scotusblog.com/2025/10/supr...
- The new owner of Dominion tells Colorado clerks he isn't an election conspiracist, according to @9NEWS www.9news.com/article/news...
- The company buying Dominion runs one of the most popular software programs for e-pollbooks (which voters use to check into polling places). www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
- Hi everyone! 👋 I'm officially up and running at @propublica.org covering election and voting issues, and expanding my sourcing nationally. Spread the word. Reach out, say hi, introduce yourself, send tips: jen.fifield@propublica.org Cell: 480-476-0108 Signal: jenafifield.01
- Arizona 'fake elector' freed from probation, via @azcapmedia tucson.com/news/state-r...
- Great news for those following the upcoming trial of Cochise County Supervisor Tom Crosby... the trial will be livestreamed after jury is selected. Starts Oct 30, via Terri Jo Neff w/ Herald Review.
- "Federal funding for state and local governments’ main cybersecurity resource expired on Wednesday following the Trump administration’s decision to eliminate it, signaling major security risks ahead for... jurisdictions across the US," via @ericgeller www.cybersecuritydive.com/news/ms-isac...
- Trump administration sued over 'Orwellian' national citizenship database, via @courthousenews.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/trump-admini...
- I’m thrilled to announce that I’m joining ProPublica to cover voting issues nationally. I am so excited to work alongside some of the most skilled investigative journalists in the country at such a respected organization. I start Monday. www.propublica.org/atpropublica...
- Arizona journalists, apply here: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau... STRONGLY recommend! DM/text with questions, I'm happy to talk.
- Some personal news. Tomorrow is my last day at Votebeat. I will miss it here so much. I also can't wait to tell you soon where I'm going next.
- The vote to send a letter to the Justice Department came a day after a judge rejected Crosby’s request to postpone a Sept. 22 hearing for setting his trial date. The judge decided that the hearing will proceed.
- NEW: Arizona’s Cochise County asks Justice Department to look back at 2022 election www.votebeat.org/arizona/2025...
- NEW: Arizona’s Cochise County asks Justice Department to look back at 2022 election www.votebeat.org/arizona/2025...
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- JUST IN: On the pending criminal trial for the Arizona official who voted to delay the canvass of the 2022 midterm election... A judge just rejected Cochise County Supervisor Tom Crosby's request to delay his case. The dates for his trial will still be set next Monday, Sept. 22.
- Prop. 211 challengers tell AZ Supreme Court that election disclosure law violates privacy, via @CamrynSanchezAZ www.kjzz.org/politics/202...
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- Reposted by Jen FifieldNEW: What would your university do if ICE agents showed up? In Arizona, the answer isn’t always clear. Experts say schools should have explicit protocols, but @azcir.org's @molboha.bsky.social found some of the state’s largest universities don’t. azcir.org/news/2025/09...
- This means the disparate treatment of the affected voters based on where in the state they live will continue, even after Attorney General Kris Mayes issued an opinion in August aimed at resolving those disparities and creating a uniform policy statewide.
- NEW: Arizona counties defy attorney general opinion on voters caught in proof-of-citizenship error Thousands could see their rights curtailed as Maricopa and Pinal counties choose to continue enforcing their restrictions. Full story: www.votebeat.org/arizona/2025...
- NEW: Arizona counties defy attorney general opinion on voters caught in proof-of-citizenship error Thousands could see their rights curtailed as Maricopa and Pinal counties choose to continue enforcing their restrictions. Full story: www.votebeat.org/arizona/2025...
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