<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:news="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-news/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://www.votebeat.org/michigan/2026/09/29/absentee-ballot-delays-missed-deadline-antrim-presque-isle-counties/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-29T23:17:15.889Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Votebeat</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-29T23:17:15.889Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Voters in multiple Michigan counties still don’t have absentee ballots after clerks miss mailing deadline]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.votebeat.org/resizer/v2/H3RRMMBUHFFXPHA2KSIZCTXODQ.jpg?auth=46aa3bb1cc6998bdd62a712add44971c65fb49ea0ac0cd6fac8dc897c147cf5f&amp;smart=true&amp;width=4032&amp;height=3024</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A ballot drop box in Kearney Township, Michigan. Voters in Antrim County and a number of other communities haven't gotten their ballots after officials missed a state deadline.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.votebeat.org/pennsylvania/2026/09/29/house-passes-open-primaries-bill/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-29T22:25:58.942Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Votebeat</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-29T22:25:58.942Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Bill to allow unaffiliated voters to vote in Pennsylvania primaries passes state House]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.votebeat.org/resizer/v2/YVXPPC5SKBCRZODVWESDQVV6PU.JPG?auth=3b144dcdd66d0530c8be9bcfd1034ca1eeeb1f74adce1ab2fd2e741ec702c3f9&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2400&amp;height=1600</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[The Pennsylvania state capitol sits behind trees and buildings on State Street in Harrisburg, Pa. On Tuesday, House lawmakers passed a bill sponsored by Philadelphia Democrat Jared Solomon to open Pennsylvania's primary elections to unaffiliated voters. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.votebeat.org/arizona/2026/09/28/maricopa-county-suspected-noncitizen-voters-investigation-results-save-heap-mitchell/</loc><lastmod>2026-09-29T00:00:25.514Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><news:news><news:publication><news:name>Votebeat</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-09-29T00:00:25.514Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Maricopa County investigated 60 suspected noncitizen voters. 52 are citizens, 8 are not.]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.votebeat.org/resizer/v2/ZECIOISNL5HVVKZKZHVL6N2QF4.jpg?auth=f28275cb0306f9c56d340d2baf8e3c15c48ef76d95581862a69f6b1f95fe7534&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3500&amp;height=2468</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Rachel Mitchell, former chief of the Special Victims Division of the Maricopa County Attorney's Office in Arizona, listens to testimony at a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. Mitchell, now the top prosecutor in Maricopa County, announced on Monday that her office had completed a monthslong investigation into 60 suspected noncitizens who had cast ballots in prior elections.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>