Read in-depth op-eds on voting rights and democracy from our contributors, guest authors and Democracy Docket's founder, Marc Elias. Use the drop-down menu to organize by topic.
When Republicans pushed the country into a mid-decade gerrymandering crisis, the goal was clear. President Donald Trump and his allies boasted that they’d secure a congressional majority before a single vote was cast.
When I tell people that Donald Trump hates me, they often assume I mean it in a generic sense — that he hates Democrats and people who fight him in court. No, I correct them: he hates me personally.
Democratic leaders must recognize that the centuries-long fight to secure full citizenship and fair representation for Black Americans is inseparable from the fight to break the GOP’s stranglehold on the region.
When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the Trump administration can resume using its voter suppression database to help Republicans remove voters from the rolls, I called it what it is: a terrible decision.
Trump and his allies have kept one eye fixed on the local offices where most election disputes start and end.
In Missouri this week, Republicans tried to undermine the rule of law to do President Donald Trump’s bidding and get one more congressional seat for their party. But that was too far, even for the anti-democratic U.S. Supreme Court.
We are less than two months until Election Day for the most important midterms of our lifetime.
Donald Trump’s Justice Department took a major step toward subverting elections this fall.
Republicans in North Carolina have passed a bill that gives the GOP majority on the state Supreme Court the power to remove judges they don’t like.
You argued that the American people have misjudged you — that they are wrong about what is in your heart and mind. I want to be clear: I don’t care what you think or feel. What I care about is your actions.
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