Voting Experts Feared “Chaos” on Election Day. So Far, It Hasn’t Materialized.

ProPublica · Jen Fifield and Peter Elkind · 2026-11-02 11:00 UTC

Tuesday’s quiet followed an anxious run-up in which the Trump administration pressed forward with unprecedented efforts to assert more federal control over elections.

As Americans cast ballots on Tuesday, voting experts’ deepest concerns largely didn’t materialize on a mostly routine Election Day.

Tuesday’s relative quiet followed an anxious run-up in which the Trump administration pressed forward with unprecedented efforts to assert more federal control over elections.

Since President Donald Trump retook the White House, his administration has tried to force states to turn over their unredacted voter rolls and to restrict mail-in voting. The Department of Homeland Security has used its resources to identify and prosecute noncitizen voters, an effort that has unfolded alongside the agency’s massive crackdown on immigrants.

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