Eight state guides detail the election certification process and the laws safeguarding it. Seven of the guides cover battleground states (Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin). The eighth guide provides general information applicable to the other states.
U.S. District Court in Massachusetts rules that voting rights groups have standing and valid constitutional claims to move forward with a challenge to the executive order
Motion seeks to stop U.S. Postal Service from imposing rules that will disenfranchise American citizens and throw elections into chaos
Court ruling marks 12th rejection of DOJ lawsuits seeking states’ confidential voter data, with a 13th dismissed later in West Virginia
President Trump today terminated two members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, and the agency’s remaining Republican commissioner resigned. This leaves the Election Assistance Commission — a bipartisan agency tasked with supporting states so they can run accurate, secure elections — with no commissioners.
The Court finds that spending limits violate First Amendment, overriding Congress.
The Supreme Court upheld the Fourteenth Amendment’s long-standing guarantee of citizenship to everyone born in the United States.
Court declines to disrupt the status quo of mail voting in 30 states
District court finds that key portions of President Trump’s executive order attempting to seize control of elections from the states are legally void
Democracy Forward Foundation represents the Brennan Center in this suit. Campaign to amass state voter rolls poses risks to voters’ confidential information and makes eligible voters vulnerable to wrongful removals. Looming midterms make transparency about voter roll effort especially critical for voters.