Project 2025, a blueprint for a conservative presidential administration, proposes far-reaching policy changes that would significantly expand executive power. It is also an unambiguous threat to American democracy and future elections. Across nearly 900 pages, the document recommends incapacitating federal agencies that have helped secure our elections, and it calls for weaponizing other parts of the government against officials and private parties who have worked to ensure that elections remain free and fair.
The multipronged attack against election integrity includes using the Justice Department’s powers to investigate, prosecute, and take legal positions against a variety of perceived enemies, including state and local election officials and organizations conducting voter registration drives. The document proposes gutting the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, which helps keep elections secure. And it supports targeting tech companies, government officials, academic researchers, and civil society with retaliation for trying to address election misinformation.
The Brennan Center has detailed Project 2025’s election-related proposals and the serious damage they would do to democracy if implemented.
