The ARTICLE ONE ActÂ
The bipartisan ARTICLE ONE Act (H.R.3988/S.1912) would establish a necessary, meaningful check on the president’s use of emergency powers.
June 14, 2023
Legislation & Policy
News & resources
Protect Democracy works not just to uphold laws, but to strengthen them in the face of evolving authoritarian threats. We advance policies to balance institutional power and keep our leaders in check.
Protect Democracy Joins CLC in Urging FEC to Regulate Fraudulent AI-Based Campaign Ads
Protect Democracy and the Campaign Legal Center (CLC) urge the FEC to use its existing authority to clarify that use of AI in campaign communications to deceive or defraud voters is illegal.
October 17, 2023
Protect Democracy Welcomes Reintroduction of Freedom to Vote Act
We applaud the ongoing commitment to these goals reflected in Freedom to Vote and in all the work being done to buttress the fundamental pillars of our democracy.Â
July 18, 2023
How the ARTICLE ONE Act fixes a glaring gap in emergency powers
Congress just took a big step toward curbing executive power through the ARTICLE ONE Act, which would check emergency powers.
June 16, 2023
The ARTICLE ONE ActÂ
The bipartisan ARTICLE ONE Act (H.R.3988/S.1912) would establish a necessary, meaningful check on the president’s use of emergency powers.
June 14, 2023
A Democracy Crisis in the Making
How state legislators are politicizing, criminalizing, and interfering with election administrators.
June 8, 2023
Legislative Wins for Democracy in 2022
An overview of the democracy reform legislation passed in the 117th Congress
January 4, 2023
The 117th Congress Left American Democracy Stronger Than It Found It
With advances on ECA reform and other democracy legislation, a departing Congress leaves American democracy in slightly better shape than it found it for the first time in over a decade.
January 4, 2023
Three Huge Wins for Democracy in 2022
An extensive recounting of how we achieved three of our top priorities for 2022: reforming the Electoral Count Act, ensuring accountability for January 6th, and combatting disinformation in court.
December 28, 2022
Electoral Count Act
The Electoral Count Act governs the way that electoral votes are cast and counted during presidential elections in the United States. The law includes vague, outdated language that must be updated.
December 23, 2022
Protect Democracy Celebrates the Passage of Historic Electoral Count Act Reform as Part of Omnibus Legislation
Congress has passed the Electoral Count Reform and Presidential Transition Improvement Act as part of an omnibus appropriations bill.
December 23, 2022
