Expert Brief

Skewed maps give Republicans big advantages in 11 states, mostly in the South and Midwest.

The plan threatens to revive and expand attacks on election officials, turning the full weight of the Justice Department against already beleaguered public servants.

The agenda for a conservative presidential administration would empower election deniers to spread false claims.

Most have made it harder to vote, but others have expanded access.

One of the law’s few remaining safeguards is under attack by rogue states, lower federal courts, and a plurality of the Supreme Court.

Legislators are very focused on addressing deepfakes of themselves, but less so on the other potential harms of artificial intelligence to our democracy.

Gutting the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will leave our democracy more vulnerable to attack from malign actors at home and abroad.

Election deniers have developed VoteRef, EagleAI, Check My Vote, and IV3 to manufacture large-scale “evidence” of voter roll inaccuracies, sow doubts about election administration, and pressure officials to purge voter registrations.

Election denial networks are challenging large numbers of voter registrations, but federal and state laws can provide critical protections.

A guide to amicus filings from historians in a critical year at the high court.