Elections

This collection brings together analysis of the legal and policy issues surrounding the 2026 U.S. midterm elections published on Just Security.

Federal law and the Constitution are abundantly clear: efforts to involve troops in U.S. elections are anti-constitutional and illegal.

The United States could learn from Brazil about forming a cross-sectoral coalition to defend democratic institutions. So why is it falling short?

Tests of six popular AI models show how easily their election safeguards can be bypassed, and what companies, lawmakers, and civil society should be before November.

A House Foreign Affairs Committee report sheds light on the Trump administration's contentious interventions into Bosnia's politics.

Lagging turnout of young voters in southern Africa should be understood not as apathy, but as a refusal to endorse existing political choices.

The most noteworthy development of the past couple of days is what Solicitor General Sauer does not say.

Marty Lederman outlines the easiest and most straightforward way for SCOTUS to decide the USPS mail-in ballot case

Iceland may seek European integration partly as a hedge against a more capricious and unpredictable United States, and others may follow.

Lost amidst the discussion of the Supreme Court's Callais decision is its treatment of partisan gerrymandering as a legitimate objective.

Research shows that, more than military strikes or sanctions, authoritarians fear support for independent media, anti-censorship tech, and civil society.

Hungary's anti-corruption win offers U.S. democracy advocates lessons, but success requires a credible messenger and a concrete plan.