How to Protect Our Elections Officials
Protect Democracy is working to ensure that election officials can feel safe doing their jobs and that those who threaten them are held accountable.
October 25, 2022
Jan. 6 Panel Is Poised to Return Amid Growing Signs That Accountability Is Coming
The return of the Jan. 6 committee may also mean that accountability is coming for those involved.
October 10, 2022
Coalition Urges President Biden to Support National Guard Provisions in Annual Defense Authorization Bill (2021)
Organizations across the ideological spectrum urge the Biden Administration to support National Guard amendments in the FY2022 NDAA.
September 21, 2022
Over 200 Democracy Scholars Call on Congress to End Single-Member Congressional Districts and Adopt Proportional Representation
More than 200 political scientists, legal scholars, and historians released an open letter calling on Congress to reject the United States’ winner-take-all elections.
September 19, 2022
Statement in Response to the Biden Administration’s Invocation of National Emergency Powers to Address Student Loan Debt
Protect Democracy’s Soren Dayton condemns the president’s abuse of emergency powers to address student loan debt and calls on the president to support National Emergencies Act reform.
August 26, 2022
National Task Force on Election Crises statement of support welcoming the Electoral Count Reform Act
The National Task Force on Election Crises welcomes the announcement of bipartisan legislation to update the Electoral Count Act of 1887 (ECA).
July 26, 2022
Cross-Ideological Groups Applaud OMB’s Public Website for Apportionment Documents
Groups across the ideological spectrum applaud the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for creating a public website featuring all apportionments for the current fiscal year.
July 20, 2022
Statement on House Appropriations Committee’s Inclusion of Pro-Democracy Reforms in FY 2023 Appropriations Bill
Organizations across the ideological spectrum applaud the inclusion of reforms to strengthen Congress’s power of the purse in a FY2023 House appropriations bill
June 27, 2022