Protecting Free and Fair Elections

The strategy hiding in plain sight

The slush fund, the VRA, the purges: one project, designed to hold power without winning it

May 22 • Aaron Baird and Justin Florence

This is not gerrymandering as usual

Authoritarian forces are changing the rules to guard their power — but what happened in Alabama this weekend shows the way to take it back

May 19 • Corey Dukes and Alison Hirsh

Clearing the field

How the White House is using investigative, prosecutorial, and regulatory power against its perceived opponents — and what it means for the midterms

May 15 • Ben Berwick

Inside the federal campaign to sow distrust in elections

May 1 • Justin Florence

2026 is nothing like 2020

Why these midterms will be different from the last time Trump tried to overturn an election

Apr 24 • Jessica Marsden

Why talk about threats to the midterms?

Like in Hungary, it’s time to hope for the best and prepare for the worst

Apr 17 • Justin Florence

Is Budapest the bellwether?

Two Hungary scenarios with major implications for the United States

Apr 10 • Michael Angeloni and Ben Raderstorf

Two heads of the three-headed Chimera are gone

What happens to election threats after the Bondi & Noem firings?

Apr 3 • Ben Raderstorf

Whatever happens with the SAVE America Act, here’s what happens next

Join us March 31st for a briefing on coming threats to the midterms

Mar 26 • Ben Raderstorf

If Trump can depose a regime, why can’t he rig an election?

A moment of weakness, not strength

Mar 6 • Ben Raderstorf

The Supreme Court questions the future of the Voting Rights Act

Proportional representation should be our answer

Mar 3 • Michael Latner, Alicia Menendez-Brennan, and Farbod Faraji

The quiet war on campus democracy

Why the Department of Education is investigating a study of college civic engagement

Feb 24 • Allie Cashel and Justin Vail

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