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Collection: Just Security 2026 Midterm Election Analysis and Commentary
This collection brings together analysis of the legal and policy issues surrounding the 2026 U.S. midterm elections published on Just Security.
Just the Docs: Federal Judge Rejects DOJ Bid to Sequester 20,000 California Mail Ballots
Order: Federal judge denies DOJ request to make California set aside 20,000 mail ballots from alleged noncitizens.
What Leaders Can Do Now and Next to Lower Risks of Election Violence
Congress could take several obvious steps to make it safer to participate in the American democratic system.
Foreign Threats to U.S. Elections Are Maturing Faster Than the Defenses to Counter Them
It is uncertain whether the U.S. election-security system can adapt at the same pace as foreign capabilities are expanding.
Foreign Interference and the Democratic Self-Defense Trap: A European Perspective Going into the 2026 Midterms
How to safeguard elections against genuine foreign interference while preventing incumbent governments from exploiting allegations of interference to undermine voting rights?
Boots Off Ballots: Troops and Elections, In Practice
Soldiers should always remember that in a democracy, any domestic deployment order given on or around an election is suspect.
No Emergency Exception: The Ban on Troops at the Polls Was Built for Crises
Section 592 unmistakably conveys Congress’s intent to bar any kind of military interference in American elections.
Auctioning Democracy: Trump’s Promise of a $5,000 “Dividend”
Trump's pledge to pay $5,000 to every adult U.S. citizen if Republicans retain control of Congress could violate federal criminal law.
Boots Off Ballots: The Law
Federal law and the Constitution are abundantly clear: efforts to involve troops in U.S. elections are anti-constitutional and illegal.
The Second AI Election: Testing the Safeguards Before November
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.
“Pay for Play?” Trump’s Bosnia Moves Highlighted in U.S. House Probe
A House Foreign Affairs Committee report sheds light on the Trump administration's contentious interventions into Bosnia's politics.
Congress Needs a Select Committee That Focuses on Trump Family Corruption
Trump's family is profiting spectacularly from proximity to power, providing an opening for a select committee to investigate, modeled after the 1975 Church Committee.