Threats to Elected Officials
- Intimidation of State and Local Officeholders: Report documents the increased intimidation and abuse of state and local officeholders and proposes solutions.
- Hostility and Abuse Threaten to Undermine Gains in Representative Democracy: Analysis shows that outsize threats to women, people of color, and young people may discourage them from serving in office.
Election Security
- Local Election Officials Survey — May 2024: Annual survey of local election officials finds ongoing concerns about safety.
- Securing the 2024 Election: Report recommends steps to ensure the 2024 election is safe and secure.
- Guns and Voting: Report evaluates protections against guns and armed intimidation at polling places.
Artificial Intelligence
- States Take the Lead on Regulating Artificial Intelligence: Expert brief highlights trends in state legislation addressing AI.
- How Election Officials Can Identify, Prepare for, and Respond to AI Threats: Guide covers numerous scenarios involving AI, including fake images, video, and audio.
- AI and Elections: Series identifies the benefits and risks AI poses to American democracy and recommends steps the public and private sectors can take to address them.
State Voting Laws and Voting Patterns
- Voting Laws Roundup: Detailed roundups track changes in state voting laws and identify trends.
- Racial Gaps in Voter Turnout Are Growing — and Undermining Democracy: Study finds a growing racial gap in voter turnout.
Safeguards Against Election Sabotage and Voter Suppression
- Legal Protections from Election Subversion and Voter Suppression: Resources detail state and federal laws protecting voters and election workers from intimidation, as well as rules governing poll workers and election observers.
- How States Can Prevent Election Subversion in 2024 and Beyond: Report explains how states can protect elections from interference.
Disinformation
- Noncitizens Are Not Voting in Federal or State Elections — Here’s Why: Analysis debunks the myth of noncitizen voting in elections.
- The Myth of Voter Fraud: Research debunks the myth of widespread voter fraud in elections.
- Myths and Facts About Crime and Justice Reform: Experts walk through myths and facts about crime rates and criminal justice reform, including the “migrant crime wave” and bail reform.
Public Campaign Financing
- Small Donor Public Financing Explained: Explainer details the benefits, popularity, and features of successful small donor public financing programs.
- Guide to Public Financing Programs Nationwide: Guide provides an overview of public financing programs nationwide.
- Guide: New York State’s Small Donor Public Financing System: Guide outlines New York State’s small donor public financing system.
Redistricting
- A Better Way to Draw Districts: Guide and model legislation show how to create independent redistricting commissions.
- Redistricting Litigation Roundup: Resource summarizes legal challenges to congressional and legislative maps drawn after the 2020 census.
- What Ohio’s ‘Citizens Not Politicians’ Redistricting Amendment Would Do: Explainer lays out what Ohio’s Citizens Not Politicians Amendment would do.
- Creating Strong Rules for Drawing Maps: Guide offers a model for strong rules for redistricting.
Pro-Democracy Reforms
- The John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act: Fact sheet explains the provisions of the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act.
- What the Freedom to Vote Act Would Do: Fact sheet explains the provisions of the Freedom to Vote Act.
