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Vote by Mail

I Protected Mail-in Voting in 2020. Now I Will Be Defending It at the Supreme Court.

If Republicans thought they could score an easy win by suing a friendly state, they thought wrong. They didn’t count on my law firm representing groups that would intervene to defend the law — but that’s exactly what happened.

By Marc Elias

November 14, 2025

From Marc
Vote by Mail
Voting

Republicans Have a Mail-in Voting Problem

Even as voting by mail has become increasingly important to winning elections, it remains a target of Republican derision.

By Marc Elias

February 27, 2024

Red background with a blue mail-in ballot return envelope and a reaction message bubble that switches from thumbs up to thumbs down as a gif

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