Caroline has been a staff writer since 2021 and, in addition to her long-form content, writes the weekly On The Docket newsletter. Originally from Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Caroline graduated from New York University Abu Dhabi in 2021. She is particularly passionate about the intersection between voting rights and the criminal-legal system and supports jail-based voting advocacy in the Bay State. In her free time, Caroline plays in a soccer league and spends too much time in local coffee shops.
The Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court produced a report on the history, constitutionality and logistical considerations of SCOTUS reforms. We explore three main reforms and their path forward in Congress.
Across the country, “Big Lie” election deniers are running for secretary of state. In Arizona, Georgia, Michigan and Nevada, the candidates running to become their state’s chief elections officers are building their platforms on unsubstantiated and dangerous claims.
“The core purpose of the Justice Department is to protect civil rights and civil liberties, and the fundamental element of that is the right to vote,” Garland said. But is the DOJ living up to that promise?
In 2022, it seems we conduct nearly all transactions online. So why does voter registration remain stuck in the past? Vote.org and the state of Texas have come head to head over the requirement for a wet signature.
There was a flurry of litigation around ballot collection in 2020. Yet, Republicans have dominated the narrative, leading many to confound illegal tampering with legitimate assistance — at the expense of communities that rely on it the most.
The 2020 election was safe, secure and led to record turnout nationwide. Yet, red state after red state enacted new voter suppression laws in 2021. Today, we’re checking in with those laws, catching up on what’s happened and what to expect.
Florida is creating a law enforcement agency to investigate election crimes. In red states across the country, new laws have made it a civil or criminal offense to conduct much of the benign, but often important, work surrounding voting.
We’re reviewing crucial voting rights cases decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. From 1876 to 2021, we saw the rise (and recent decline) in court protection for voting rights — here are ten cases that shaped history.
Two lawsuits filed in the past few months against the state of New York — over this line warming ban and these mail-in ballot rejection practices — demonstrate how bad voting laws are not constrained to red states.
Arkansas’ new election laws will have very real impacts on voters in the state. With the trial set to begin on March 15, find all the facts you need to know about Arkansas’ four challenged laws here.
