<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><urlset xmlns="http://www.sitemaps.org/schemas/sitemap/0.9" xmlns:image="http://www.google.com/schemas/sitemap-image/1.1"><url><loc>https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/11/03/post-election-audits-explainer-2026-midterms/</loc><lastmod>2026-11-03T10:00:01.265Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.votebeat.org/resizer/v2/DVMV7WNEFJFXJE6YZSG5K2UABA.jpg?auth=b506d84d500968c23a76330c3a434f6fe402836773e91246dbf940189071b79b&amp;smart=true&amp;width=1500&amp;height=1000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[In Pennsylvania after the 2022 midterm elections, Executive Deputy Secretary Pam Lovino and a Department of State employee began a statewide risk-limiting audit by rolling 10-sided dice to generate the random 20-digit seed number counties will use to retrieve batches of ballots to be audited.]]></image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://www.votebeat.org/national/2026/11/02/trump-midterm-election-officials-threats-lawsuit-anxiety/</loc><lastmod>2026-11-03T01:02:23.442Z</lastmod><changefreq>always</changefreq><priority>0.5</priority><image:image><image:loc>https://www.votebeat.org/resizer/v2/EUHAVBCX6BBJRCFEQUXOJID76Q.JPG?auth=7875e30cbc882ae8724f82357440331a72ba2a53fb3e3dab3fac4d6046df84a1&amp;smart=true&amp;width=6000&amp;height=4000</image:loc><image:caption><![CDATA[A local election board officials speaks with election workers at the central scanning location in West Chester, Pa. prior to the start of Election Day on November 5, 2024. Election officials this year say they are anxious and afraid of prosecution threats from the Trump administration.]]></image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>