
A Democracy Crisis in the Making
How state legislators are politicizing, criminalizing, and interfering with election administrators.
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 the 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.
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.
Helped defend the 2020 election from attempts to manipulate and subvert—and eventually violently overturn—a free and fair result.
SPOTLIGHT: Reforming the Electoral Count Act and why it matters SPOTLIGHT: Reforming the Electoral Count Act
How state legislators are politicizing, criminalizing, and interfering with election administrators.
How state legislators are politicizing, criminalizing, and interfering with election administrators.
How reporters can cover and distinguish threats from politics-as-usual
This report highlights some of the most concerning trends that have developed from January to June 2021, and the critical reforms that are needed to protect our elections in 2022 and after.
The reviews, both proposed and ongoing, fail to satisfy basic security, accuracy, and reliability measures.
This National Task Force on Election Crises report on strengthening our elections and preventing election crises covers lessons learned from the 2020 General Election, and recommendations for reforms.
Defeating authoritarianism is going to take all of us. Everyone and every institution has a role to play. Together, we can protect democracy.
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