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A voter marks a ballot at a standing booth labeled "Booth 6" with an American flag "VOTE" sign, while poll workers in masks and face shields sit at a check-in table in the foreground and another voter uses a booth in the background.

An Initial Readout of Trump’s Election-Interference Speech

An intelligence official on what the declassified material shows—and does not show—about foreign threats and the president’s allegation of an intelligence community cover-up.
An election observer coordinator for the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder stands on a walkway overlooking the Los Angeles County Ballot Processing Center in City of Industry, California, as workers process ballots during the June 2026 California state primary election.

The Last Check: Magistrate Judges and Federal Seizures of Election Records

A magistrate judge's review of a search-warrant application may be the last meaningful safeguard against federal interference in an election.
A Clark County election worker stacks gray crates marked "SURRENDERED MAIL BALLOTS."

The Unconstitutionality of the Trump Administration’s New Executive Order on Elections

The Trump administration's executive order on mail-in voting is unconstitutional. States and Congress—not the President—have authority to regulate federal elections.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr (C) speaks with Murad Ebrahim (3rd R), then-chief minister of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), as Nur Misuari (3rd L), leader of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), looks on during the ceremonial opening of the Bangsamoro Transitional Authority (BTA) in Cotabato City, in the southern Philippines on September 15, 2022. (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images)

Post-Conflict Election in the Southern Philippines Postponed for Third Time: Is Peace Unraveling?

A third postponement of elections for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao endangers a peace accord that ended a brutal war.
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What Just Happened: The Trump Administration’s Dismissal of Voting Rights Lawsuits

Retreat from voting rights enforcement and efforts to tighten access to the ballot mark a rupture with the Civil Rights Division’s traditional role.
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The Real Reason Trump’s Purge of Career DOJ Officials Should Alarm You

Senate Judiciary Committee and Department of Justice alum maps out the threat posed to 2028 election by President Trump's personnel moves inside the Department of Justice.
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Election 2024 Real-Time Litigation Tracker

Tracking the most important breaking election cases across the country with implications for the democratic process.
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Top 10 Election Litigation Cases in 2024 Implicating the Rule of Law

In this top ten list updated weekly, the most important of hundreds of election-law cases are ranked for their rule of law implications.

Trump Trials Clearinghouse

Welcome to this all-source, public resource for analysts, researchers, investigators, journalists, educators, and the public at large.
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Top 10 Election Litigation Cases in 2024 Implicating the Rule of Law

In this top ten list updated weekly, the most important of hundreds of election-law cases are ranked for their rule of law implications.
A seated woman in a red shirt, wearing a blue hat and blue gloves, reviews a ballot that she holds in front of her.

Local Officials Cannot Block Election Certification. But They Can Fuel Disinformation.

Local officials cannot prevent the results of an election from being finalized — but what comes next could be dangerous.
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Top 10 Election Litigation Cases in 2024 Implicating the Rule of Law

In this top ten list updated weekly, the most important of hundreds of election-law cases are ranked for their rule of law implications.
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