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While the rule of law recession persists, the 2024 data show progress on some issues and some countries stepping back from the brink of autocracy.

A bipartisan, synchronized response to elections taking place during emergencies would address the rights of affected voters and candidates.

Messaging platforms such as have become highly influential tools for manipulating and misleading voters around the world.

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

Following his recommendation would secure the grip of ethnonationalists and those responsible for the “fragile” conditions he laments.

Messaging platforms such as WhatsApp, Telegram, and Viber have become highly influential tools for manipulating and misleading voters.

Cross-partisan movements that defeated far-right autocrats in Brazil and Poland demonstrate that crucial groups can propel democratic success.

A new, regularly updated tracker for the 2024 election.

A list detailing what is publicly known about the more than 80 people whose names are redacted in the Special Counsel's October 2024 immunity brief.

The landmark African Union case over an Ethiopian election provides a roadmap for safeguarding democracy in the face of authoritarianism.

The cases include ones affiliated with major political parties, tackling emerging legal fault lines in the 2024 election, and involving issues of trust in the democratic process…

"What exactly is happening in Georgia offers insight into trend lines in other parts of the country."