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Ranking Members Morelle, Meeks Host Queens, NY Shadow Hearing on Election Security, Fighting Trump Administration’s Attacks on Voting

October 13, 2026
Queens, NY – Last week, Ranking Member Joe Morelle (NY-25), Committee on House Administration, and Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (NY-05), House Foreign Affairs Committee, hosted a public shadow hearing with members of the New York delegation to confront the Trump administration’s attacks on voting and detail efforts to defend every eligible American’s right to cast

Ranking Member Joe Morelle, Rep. James Walkinshaw Host Fairfax, Virginia Shadow Hearing on Election Security, Fighting Trump Administration’s Attacks on Voting

October 2, 2026

FAIRFAX, VA – Yesterday, Ranking Member Joe Morelle (NY-25), Committee on House Administration, and Congresswoman James Walkinshaw (VA-11) hosted a public shadow hearing with members of the Virginia delegation to confront the Trump administration’s attacks on voting and detail efforts to defend every eligible American’s right to cast a ballot and have it counted.

Ranking Member Joe Morelle, Rep. Deborah Ross Host Raleigh, North Carolina Shadow Hearing on Election Security and Efforts to Protect American Democracy

October 1, 2026

RALEIGH, NC – Yesterday, Ranking Member Joe Morelle (NY-25), Committee on House Administration, and Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02) hosted a shadow hearing with Congresswoman Valerie Foushee (NC-04) featuring presentations from a wide range of experts about the practical and legal challenges facing North Carolina’s election system.

Ranking Member Morelle Statement on Flawed SAVE Database Ruling by the Supreme Court

September 25, 2026

Washington, D.C. – Today, Rep. Joe Morelle (NY-25), the top Democrat on the Committee on House Administration, issued this statement after the Supreme Court of the United States allowed the Trump Administration to use the unreliable Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database to check voter rolls:

Ranking Member Morelle Leads More than 250 Current and Former Members of Congress Urging the Federal Court to Block Donald Trump’s Executive Order Limiting Mail Voting in Midterms

September 8, 2026

ROCHESTER, NY – Today, Rep. Joe Morelle (NY-25), the top Democrat on the Committee on House Administration, led current and former Members of Congress in a court filing challenging the legality of President Donald Trump's Executive Order seeking to exert control over mail-in ballots ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.