Meet the Lawyer Trying to Keep Trump on the Ballot
Harmeet Dhillon and her namesake law firm has become one of the leading legal groups working to roll back voting rights across the country.
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Unjustifiable Barriers: Voting As an American With Disabilities
Millions of Americans with disabilities face numerous barriers to the battle box, and Republican legislatures are only making the problem worse.
New Report Sheds Light on Hand Counting Ballots Ahead of 2024
A new report details the increasing prevalence of hand counting, analyses the risks of the method and highlights the best counting practices going forward.
Debunking Democracy Myths This Holiday Season
From private funding of elections to the redistricting process and hand counting, here are some lingering and new democracy myths to be debunked this holiday season.
After a Cascade of Republican States Left ERIC, What Comes Next?
Following a conspiracy-laden article, nine Republican-led states departed from ERIC without any sufficient plan to replace it.
The Right’s Dangerous and Unreliable Alternative to ERIC
A little known group is seeking to replace ERIC with an amateurish and unreliable program powered by GOP vigilantes.
140 Judges Later: Senate Democrats Work To Diversify the Federal Judiciary
With the 140 historic confirmations, including that of Ketanji Brown Jackson, Biden is outpacing his predecessors by diversifying the federal judiciary in terms of gender, race and professional backgrounds.
Here Are the Leading Reforms to the Federal Judiciary
From relatively minor institutional changes to large-scale structural overhauls, here are the leading federal judiciary ref
A New Day Comes With a New Liberal Majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court
For the first time in 15 years, a liberal majority holds the court which could mean true progress for democracy in and out of the state.
After the U.S. Supreme Court Ended Its Term, Experts and Elected Officials React
Elected officials, experts, activists and litigants react to the diverging decisions from the recent SCOTUS term.
