100 Days of Democracy
Democracy Docket is excited to see your reform goals in action through litigation, legislation and activism. Our 100 Days of Democracy initiative will build off these ideas to fight for laws, policies and practices that strengthen our democracy and its institutions.
Illinois
Illinois 14th Congressional District Contest
Oberweis v. Underwood
Contest brought by Republican candidate challenging the 2020 election of Representative Lauren Underwood in Illinois’ 14th Congressional District.
District of Columbia Black Voter Disenfranchisement
Michigan Welfare Rights Organization v. Trump
Lawsuit brought by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund challenging Trump, the Trump campaign and the RNC’s efforts to disenfranchise Black voters. The lawsuit asks the court to stop Trump and the Republicans from violating the Voting Rights Act through their attempts to undo the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Resistance is Not Enough
Our mission for the next four years must be to strengthen our democratic institutions and voting laws. We will not achieve a healthy democracy by simply blocking bad things from happening or trying to restore institutions to what they were four years ago.
Lawyers: We Need Your Help Now
We need your help now. The right to vote—and to have it count—are being challenged like never before.
Help Protect Voting Rights!
The Democracy Agenda
As we head toward January 20th, many are asking: how do we harness the power of unified control of government and the progressive community to ensure that we never find ourselves in this position again?
On the Docket
December 2020
What a difference a year makes.
One year ago, I sent out the first edition of On the Docket. In it, I wrote that “my goal is to provide thoughtful updates on important voting rights cases and initiatives as well as to highlight topics and trends that are developing but might otherwise be overlooked in a busy election year.” Little did I know just how busy 2020 would be for voting rights and voting.
We’ve come a long way since then. In one year, On the Docket has grown from …
On the Docket
November 2020
What a difference a month makes!
In my last On the Docket newsletter, published four days before the November election, I promised: “We won’t stop fighting for voting rights until the last lawful ballot is counted.” More than three weeks after Election Day, we’re keeping that promise.
Since November 3rd, Trump and his Republican allies have filed 45 lawsuits in seven states to halt vote counting, delay certification and create uncertainty around the election results. In each of these cases, we’ve met them in court, defending Biden’s win and preventing …
On the Docket
October 2020
We’re just 4 days away from Election Day! In honor of our last On the Docket before Election Day, this edition will cover some of our cases that have impacted voters so far this cycle.
I launched Democracy Docket in March to shine a spotlight on voter suppression and our litigation efforts to combat it. Since then, Democracy Docket has transformed into the leading platform for progressive advocacy and information on voting rights, elections, redistricting and democracy. Over the past seven months, we’ve educated thousands of voters, called out problems …
The Day Democracy Was Attacked
But the traitors in that violent mob did not act on their own. The events of January 6 began much earlier, seeded and spurred on by a deranged president and many of the nation’s most powerful Republican politicians.
