1/ The Justice Department charged a Russian national with conspiracy for her role in an “information warfare� campaign designed to interfere with the midterm elections. Elena Khusyaynova managed the finances of an operation the Justice Department identified as “Project Lakhta,� which was designed “to sow discord in the U.S. political system� and interfere in the 2016 and 2018 elections. The operation was “a Russian umbrella effort funded by Russian oligarch Yevgeniy Viktorovich Prigozhin and two companies he controls, Concord Management and Consulting LLC, and Concord Catering,� the Justice Department said, which pushed arguments and misinformation online about immigration, the Confederate flag, gun control, the NFL national anthem protests, among other things. Prigozhin, known as “Putin’s chef,� and 12 other Russians were indicted by Robert Mueller in February on charges of interfering in the 2016 presidential election. (Washington Post / Bloomberg / New York Times / Wall Street Journal) / NBC News)

2/ Top U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies warned that they’re concerned about “ongoing campaigns� by Russia, China and Iran to interfere with the midterm elections and 2020 race. The joint statement by the Justice Department, FBI, Homeland Security Department and Office of the Director of National Intelligence said there is no “evidence of a compromise or disruption of infrastructure that would enable adversaries to prevent voting, change vote counts or disrupt our ability to tally votes in the midterm elections.� (Bloomberg / Washington Post)

Georgia is using amateur handwriting analysis to reject would-be voters if their signatures looks different from the signature on their voter-registration card. (Slate)

In July 2017, Georgia purged 107,000 people from the voter rolls for not voting in prior elections. In total, the Georgia removed more than half a million people — 8% of Georgia’s registered voters — from the voter rolls. (American Public Media)

A radio ad in support of an Arkansas Republican claims that white Democrats want to go back to “lynching black folk again.� Rep. French Hill disavowed of the ad, which was paid for by the Black Americans for the President’s Agenda political action committee. (NBC News)

3/ Saudi Arabia acknowledge that Jamal Khashogg is dead, claiming it was “a fistfight that led to his death� at the consulate in Istanbul. Saudi Arabia detained 18 people in connection with Kha...