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The Supreme Court’s Attack on the Voting Rights Act of 1965 Affects Native American Voters, Too. Proposed Legislation Could Fix It.

November 26, 2025November 26, 2025

The ink wasn’t yet dry on the Indian Citizens Act of 1924 when voter suppression of Native Americans began. Natives have been fighting for their right to register and vote, proper representation, and fair voting districts ever since. Three pieces of legislation being blocked in Congress could fix it.

President Donald Trump Pardons Many of His Accomplices Accused of Trying to Overturn the 2020 Election

November 10, 2025November 10, 2025

November 7th, President Donald Trump pardoned 77 of his alleged accomplices in the attempt to overturn the outcome of the 2020 Presidential election. They include his chief of staff Mark Meadows, John Eastman and other lawyers who cooked up the fake electors scheme, and Rudy Giuliani, whose misinformation help fuel an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

Updates on Accountability for 2020 Election Fake Electors and Conspiracy Theorists – Or Not

July 10, 2025July 10, 2025

Five years after the fake elector scheme to overturn the 2020 election, legal accountability is grinding along for some of the conspirators and those who wittingly or unwittingly supported them. But pardons may be in the wind, too.

Tale of Two States: New Mexico Rolls Out Automatic Voter Registration while New Hampshire Mandates ID & Citizenship Docs for Absentee Voters

July 8, 2025July 8, 2025

New Mexico rolled out its automatic voter registration system July 1st, allowing citizens to conveniently register to vote or change residency information while at the DMV. Across the country, New Hampshire’s legislature may burden its elderly and disabled absentee voters by requiring copies of ID when voting by mail, and citizenship papers when registering by mail.

New Report Outlines Ways States and Municipalities Can Protect Elections from Certification Challenges by Rogue Local Officials

June 22, 2025June 22, 2025

In the run-up to the 2024 election, we reported on the organized GOP efforts to challenge the certification of elections, laying the groundwork for sowing doubt and disrupting the outcome. A new report published by the Brennan Center for Justice studied the threats to certification, and how to prevent them.