California is the new ground zero for free and fair elections
Trump’s obsession with California’s elections is neither entirely new nor surprising.
Opinion
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.
The redistricting war isn’t only about voting rights. It’s about affordability, too
Voting rights isn’t just a democracy issue, it’s an affordability one.
Bari Weiss & co put the BS in CBS
Under Trump’s second coming, the Foxification of the media has accelerated. Media companies are not just acquiescing to Trump’s coercion; they are actively turning themselves into a pale imitation of a Roger Ailes creation.
For democracy, June is the cruelest month
In recent years, June has been the time when the high court delivers its most devastating blows against individual rights and the rule of law.
Exclusive: New data shows US lags far behind peers on voting access
Nearly every other wealthy democracy has taken affirmative steps to make voting easy. In the U.S., it all depends on where you live.
Callais just gutted the promise of equal representation. But we need to keep fighting for multiracial democracy
This is how the Voting Rights Act died: not in a fair fight, but in a case engineered to produce a predetermined result.
Alabama keeps telling us what it thinks democracy should look like
Alabama’s decision to appeal makes clear that the state’s leaders believe there should be no meaningful curbs on their ability to eviscerate Black political power.
Congress defeated Southern resistance to the Voting Rights Act once; it can do it again
Voters today must demand representatives who will once again restore voting rights and rein in an antidemocratic Court.
To protect voting rights after Callais, we need to invest in red states
The deeper lesson of Callais is not just that we must fight back. It’s that the people who actually live in these states have been fighting all along and all alone.
Purcell is not a legal principle. It’s a double standard
At the heart of these cases is the Purcell principle — the idea that courts should avoid changing voting or election rules too close to an election.
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