Expert Brief

Federal and state laws protect access to the ballot.

Federal broadband initiatives can promote access to voting, especially in rural communities.

In state supreme courts across the country, there is a stark lack of racial, ethnic, gender, and professional diversity on the bench.

AI tools could make it easier than ever for bad actors to wage campaigns aimed at suppressing votes.

Election deniers are targeting best practices for maintaining accurate rolls and proposing dangerous “alternatives.”

Lawmakers need to both take advantage of AI advances and create needed safeguards.

2022 ushered in a new era of record-high spending in state judicial elections.

Heightened public awareness of the power of generative AI could give politicians an incentive to lie about the authenticity of real content.

Some lawmakers and other elected officials are making a concerted effort to reduce citizens’ power to enact policy through ballot initiatives.

State lawmakers passed bills that made partisan changes to judicial selection, manipulated venue rules, and politicized judicial ethics.