Yet at year’s end, there’s reason for hope. The laws of political gravity have not been repealed. Abuse has been met with ...
You’re read­ing The Brief­ing, Michael Wald­­­­­man’s weekly news­­­­­­­­­let­ter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. The Brennan Center is part of a broad coalition tracking election-related ...
70.9 percent of white voters cast ballots compared with only 58.4 percent of nonwhite voters — a disparity that will worsen with new restrictive voting laws. In the 2020 election, voter turnout surged ...
President-elect Donald Trump’s current nominee for attorney general, Pam Bondi, has a long career in the public record. Here, the Brennan Center highlights two troubling aspects of Bondi’s recent ...
President Trump’s efforts to ramp up deportations have brought the immigration system into sharper focus. His administration is pushing for mass deportations, pressuring states to assist in ...
A new congressional map takes the Tar Heel State from having one of the fairest maps in the country to its most biased — and voters of color are among the big victims. When states redrew congressional ...
From targeting election officials to making us more vulnerable to cyberattacks, implementing the radical conservative agenda’s proposals would be disastrous for democracy. Project 2025, a blueprint ...
A handful of wealthy donors dominate electoral giving and spending in the United States. We need limits on campaign finance, transparency, and effective enforcement of these rules — along with public ...
On March 25, 2025, the president issued an executive order titled Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections. The executive order, among other things, directs the Election ...
Skewed maps give Republicans big advantages in 11 states, mostly in the South and Midwest. This November, Americans will vote in another close election for the House of Representatives. If polls are ...
Bad data and a politicized overhaul could spread election fraud lies and disenfranchise voters. The Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements, or “SAVE,” program was designed to help states ...
This article was first published at Just Security. Following two days of turbulent protests over ICE raids in Los Angeles County, President Trump issued a memorandum on Saturday night purporting to ...