‘If they’re honest’: Trump casts latest suspicion on US midterm elections

Key Points:

• President Donald Trump stated he would respect the midterm election results only if they are "honest," amid his administration's legal efforts to challenge state election authorities ahead of the November 3 vote.
• The Department of Justice (DOJ) threatened legal action against Washington state for allegedly failing to remove about 400 noncitizens from voter rolls, a claim Washington officials disputed, citing outdated information and secure election processes.
• Washington and other Democrat-led states have resisted DOJ demands to turn over voter lists, with courts generally siding with the states and dismissing claims of widespread noncitizen voting as rare and unsubstantiated.
• The DOJ filed a lawsuit in Alaska aiming to block certification of the Senate election unless the Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan wins, alleging ballot confusion due to another candidate with the same name, a move personally directed by Trump.
• California also faced DOJ scrutiny over a list of 20,000 alleged noncitizen voters, but state officials found many on the list were likely US-born and eligible to vote, further challenging the administration's claims of voter fraud.