<?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/2026/08/26/trump-supreme-court-mail-ballots-legal-challenge-uncertainty/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-26T17:27:59.08Z</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>2026-08-26T17:27:59.08Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Election officials wrestle with uncertainty amid legal battles over Trump mail ballot restrictions]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.votebeat.org/resizer/v2/IWPHMGGHHBAGNEWMFHWDEUWQGE.jpg?auth=4edc448af31c9f63c784d4aab96b2d56e0cafdd214f1b18da0880ef437f1265e&amp;smart=true&amp;width=3000&amp;height=2000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Monday's U.S. Supreme Court ruling set off a new court scramble to block mail ballot restrictions for this November's election.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.votebeat.org/wisconsin/2026/08/26/elon-musk-wisconsin-voters-million-dollar-checks-no-criminal-charges/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-26T16:30:22.605Z</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>2026-08-26T16:30:22.605Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Elon Musk won’t face criminal charges for offering voters $1 million checks during 2025 Supreme Court election]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.votebeat.org/resizer/v2/UNRL5YFZF5EAPCAZ6GZ22ZUHYU.jpg?auth=ff354538a9dc8a6da3f01c4147533522ece3b7d3473dbcc391c5b088dbf8b872&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2500&amp;height=1667</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Elon Musk gives Wisconsin voter Nicholas Jacobs a $1 million check during a March 30, 2025, town hall in Green Bay ahead of the state Supreme Court election. A special prosecutor has declined to bring criminal charges against Musk over the giveaways.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.votebeat.org/pennsylvania/2026/08/18/scott-presler-early-vote-action-campaign-finance-violation-complaint-2025-judicial-retention/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-26T15:41:21.709Z</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>2026-08-26T15:41:21.709Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Complaint alleges conservative activist Scott Presler violated campaign finance law]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.votebeat.org/resizer/v2/NPGXVL3CIBFPPMDUANUT5MUHOY.jpg?auth=e20082ae6efd2fb63d215f5bda1baf34cb52910b9b47f0ab6f83f0ad88e6fb6d&amp;smart=true&amp;width=2800&amp;height=1867</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Conservation activist Scott Presler is introduced as Rep. Lauren Boebert's special guest before he takes the stage during the Colorado Republican State Assembly on Saturday, April 11, 2026. A complaint in Pennsylvania alleges Presler and his group, Early Vote Action, may have violated state campaign finance law.  ]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.votebeat.org/arizona/2026/08/26/mail-voting-list-removal-2027-law-doug-ducey/</loc><lastmod>2026-08-26T10:00:02.589Z</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>2026-08-26T10:00:02.589Z</news:publication_date><news:title><![CDATA[Hundreds of thousands of Arizonans could be removed from the mail voting list in 2027]]></news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://www.votebeat.org/resizer/v2/3FD64OBXENC7RDSAOUO3473ZXA.jpg?auth=a17bef95bc6abcf320023fdae3c3ab7f0754703ac1d1c2af1fa2909fe32cfe5c&amp;smart=true&amp;width=5293&amp;height=3026</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[Arizona residents wait in line to vote early at the Indian Bend Wash Visitor Center on October 30, 2024 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Voters who didn't mail or drop off their early ballot in 2023, 2024, or 2025 could soon be at risk of being removed from the state's mail ballot list if they again don't do so this year, even if they voted in person in one or more elections during that time period.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>