Protected tens of thousands of voters from disfranchisement, intimidation, suppression, and election manipulation, and secured new precedents around the Ku Klux Klan Act and the Voting Rights Act.
Protecting Free & Fair Elections
Our Work
Without free, fair, and secure elections, voters have no voice, little control over the direction of the country, and few ways to correct course when things go awry.
Elections are the linchpin of our democracy. Holding elections, and ensuring that power changes hands in accordance with their outcomes, is the essence of democratic self-government. By defending them, we also protect our rights and our system of government.
This takes two steps. First, we defend the process of holding elections. We do so by making sure that election officials are allowed to do their work without interference, that election systems are secure, and that politicians are unable to dictate the outcome or manipulate election rules.
Second, we protect voters’ ability to participate meaningfully in the process, free from intimidation and harassment.
By ensuring that elections remain free, fair, and secure, we maintain our collective ability to shape the future of the country — or, when needed, to change course. In that, we protect voters’ trust in the results, even when their preferred candidates lose.
- Build secure, accessible, and accurate election systems and processes that are free from interference from foreign adversaries or domestic political actors.
- Create guardrails that ensure voters and candidates abide by the outcomes of every election.
- Foster public confidence in the fact that elections are free, fair, and secure.
Helped defend the 2020 and 2022 elections from attempts to manipulate and subvert a free and fair result, and assisted in the passage of reforms to the Electoral Count Act that will better protect the will of the voters and the transfer of presidential power.
SPOTLIGHT: The Shortlist Seven Ways Platforms Can Prepare for the U.S. 2024 Election SPOTLIGHT: The Shortlist
Kari Lake and Other Defendants Capitulate in Richer Defamation Suit
Kari Lake’s counsel concedes client’s legal liability and asks for hearing to determine damages.
March 26, 2024
Assessing Pennsylvania voter list maintenance
How do we know if Pennsylvania voter rolls are “clean"? A first step is to monitor the public voter file and analyze the data over time, which is exactly what VoteShield does.
June 28, 2024
Why is voter registration data public?
Public voter registration data is critical to democracy in the United States.
June 26, 2024
What happens if a presidential candidate dies or steps down?
In an explainer from the National Task Force on Election Crisis, a team of election experts outlines exactly what happens when a candidate dies before the election.
June 21, 2024
New Report Debunks Mass Voter Challenge Efforts and Identifies Safeguards in Place to Prevent Abuse
Protect Democracy published Unraveling the Rise of Mass Voter Challenges, a new report that sheds light on the growth of mass challenges to voter eligibility orchestrated by election-denying orgs.
June 17, 2024
Unraveling the Rise of Mass Voter Challenges
How voter challenge laws are being abused to disrupt the election process.
June 17, 2024
Protect Democracy Supports Three Bipartisan Bills on Federal Elections and AI
On May 15th, Protect Democracy submitted a letter of support regarding three bipartisan bills, that seek to safeguard the integrity of elections amidst rapid advances in artificial intelligence.
May 15, 2024
Kari Lake and Other Defendants Capitulate in Richer Defamation Suit
Kari Lake’s counsel concedes client’s legal liability and asks for hearing to determine damages.
March 26, 2024
New Guidance on Preventing Election Certification Interference
The report outlines the mandatory duty of county officials to certify election results.
March 25, 2024
Federal Judge Greenlights Lawsuit Challenging Virginia’s Permanent Felony Disenfranchisement Law
First-of-its-kind suit seeks to repeal discriminatory voting ban, alleging it violates a 150+ year-old Reconstruction Era law
March 18, 2024
The Shortlist: Seven Ways Platforms Can Prepare for the U.S. 2024 Election
Protect Democracy has produced four recommendations to inform preparations to safeguard the information ecosystem surrounding the U.S. general election.
March 12, 2024