<?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/national/2026/10/22/voting-machines-china-hacking-trump-midterm/</loc><lastmod>2026-10-22T20:47:14.634Z</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>2026-10-22T20:47:14.634Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Trump administration stokes concerns about Chinese-made parts in voting equipment, but experts say risks remain low]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.votebeat.org/resizer/v2/XO5NUSY7H5CWXIL643VJFOTAVI.jpg?auth=aaefcdbb092edf1d6bf995dc0d91f4884d2849b22540c7968a6b1da3c190ba40&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[An election inspector watches as workers retrieve counted mail-in and early voting ballots after they were fed into an Election Systems & Software vote tabulator. The Trump administration has stoked concerns about Chinese-made parts in voting equipment, but experts say risks remain low. ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.votebeat.org/arizona/2026/10/22/attorney-general-mayes-maricopa-county-recorder-heap-lawsuit-25-citizen-voters-save/</loc><lastmod>2026-10-22T20:03:32.644Z</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>2026-10-22T20:03:32.644Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Lawsuit: Maricopa County hasn’t reinstated 25 voters mistakenly flagged in citizenship check]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.votebeat.org/resizer/v2/VSA7P24FIRERNHJLTI4O5ZVMKA.jpg?auth=b156af992e1bc5ce0700590370f6b4c3adf1712bef37f716fbc6ce589df728b1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3431&amp;height=2320</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, pictured here in 2024, has sued the Maricopa County Recorder's Office over its handling of a group of voters falsely flagged as noncitizens earlier this year.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.votebeat.org/michigan/2026/10/22/antrim-county-victoria-bishop-local-clerks-bureau-elections/</loc><lastmod>2026-10-22T18:00:01.471Z</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>2026-10-22T18:00:01.471Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[A clerk tried to remove voters from the rolls. How her county — and the state of Michigan — stopped her.]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.votebeat.org/resizer/v2/5LUEGPI7PRDZFDZW2BMOZ7I77M.jpg?auth=af848b534b296d8d7c9f62326511b4dd1c79a01dfef59f4b0ca37924532404cb&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3600&amp;height=2500</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Antrim County Clerk Victoria Bishop set off a firestorm by changing the registration statuses of voters in her county.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.votebeat.org/wisconsin/2026/10/22/dane-county-election-commission-ice-fbi-polls/</loc><lastmod>2026-10-22T17:35:33.342Z</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>2026-10-22T17:35:33.342Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Dane County at odds with WEC on whether unarmed ICE, FBI agents can show up at the polls]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.votebeat.org/resizer/v2/Y6S2RUGWOBEMDGZNV6EGLFA2UY.jpg?auth=0f3224635158a376537d297555f6a112311f1bb400b7c1fa0fe7a8902e443efa&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2123&amp;height=1411</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Wisconsin election officials are divided over how to handle the possibility of unarmed federal immigration or law enforcement agents arriving at polling places this November and asking to observe voting.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>