There are no two sides to a confession
Over the years, I have watched the Republican Party morph into a crime family that boasts about rigging elections.
Marc Elias
As the founder of Democracy Docket and Partner at Elias Law Group, Marc Elias is a nationally recognized authority in voting rights, redistricting and law. In 2020, Marc led the historic legal effort to protect voting rights, winning over 60 lawsuits against the GOP’s efforts to suppress the vote. As Republicans continue to mount aggressive challenges to voting, Marc continues to fight back in court and on Twitter. Fighting for democracy by his side is Marc’s Portuguese Water Dog named Blue.
If the RNC has its way, counting your ballot may get harder
No matter what the court does, Trump and his party will continue to make voting harder and election subversion easier.
The most hated man in the Senate
There is one thing Democrats and Republicans agree on: Ted Cruz just might be the most despised person in the United States Senate.
The SAVE Act started as a political stunt. Now it’s a real threat.
As we entered 2026, it became clear that Republicans were set up to lose control of Congress in the midterm elections. What followed was predictable.
Who will be the first to take off their shoes?
Across Washington, D.C., a new fashion trend has taken hold of those in Trump’s circle: embarrassingly oversized clown shoes.
Trump told us who he was in 2012. Will we finally believe him today?
Trump has always been an election denier. He has always vilified voting. He has always started with lies, escalated to the courts, and ultimately embraced violent rhetoric.
Six years in, the future of democracy is still on the docket
None of these attacks on our elections were getting the attention they deserved. In October 2019, I decided to do something about it.
Trump’s war on elections is hiding in plain sight
False claims that foreign government interference caused him to lose in 2020 have been a staple of the diet of lies Trump feeds to his faithful.
Trump’s attack on Iran and the plot against your vote
Donald Trump is planning to use his attack on Iran to justify a power grab over voting in the 2026 midterms.
Democracy will not survive without strong independent media
Trump and his allies are rapidly taking over our major news outlets.
