Sometimes Bad Laws Come in Small Packages
Not all bad laws come in big packages labeled voter suppression. Not all disenfranchisement tactics make the nightly news. Yet, regardless of the size of the law, the tragic result for democracy is the same.
Opinion
Read in-depth op-eds on voting rights and democracy from guest authors and Democracy Docket founder, Marc Elias. Use the drop-down menu to organize by topic.
Confronting the Most Significant Test to Our Democracy
We are experiencing an unprecedented attack on voting, election administration and democracy — and we must all prepare now. It is, as the president warned, “the most significant test of our democracy since the Civil War.”
SCOTUS Further Weakened the Voting Rights Act. Now What?
The truth is that Republicans have made restricting the freedom to vote a central part of their platform, and they have rejected every proposal, compromise or not, that has come their way.
How the Courts Failed Us
The Republican Party is unified in its collaborative efforts to target and suppress voters, and the courts have failed to hold them accountable. Unfortunately, things have not changed as dramatically as the courts had promised.
It’s Time To Reframe Voting Rights in the Courts
The right to vote is under attack. And unless we reform voting jurisprudence, courts are not equipped to stop it. The time has come to restore the more probing analysis of voting restrictions articulated 50 years ago.
Profiles in Cowardice
Those of us who care about democracy can no longer afford to rely on the type of prideful political courage Kennedy described in 1955. We must go further to display our own political courage by tackling these grave problems.
We Are Not Done Yet
More than 50 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed that eligible citizens have a constitutional right to vote and “to have their votes counted.” Now more than ever, we must fight to ensure every vote is counted.
Losing Hope But Still Fighting
We must continue to bring cases. We must continue to do everything we can do to make the legal system work for justice for all. We will now have to do so without the hope of Justice Kennedy, but we cannot not give up.
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