Yet at year’s end, there’s reason for hope. The laws of political gravity have not been repealed. Abuse has been met with ...

You’re read­ing The Brief­ing, Michael Wald­­­­­man’s weekly news­­­­­­­­­let­ter. Click here to receive it in your inbox. The Brennan Center is part of a broad coalition tracking election-related ...

The First Step Act is intended to do two things: cut unnecessarily long federal sentences and improve conditions in federal prison. More than a year after it was enacted in 2018, key parts of the law ...

70.9 percent of white voters cast ballots compared with only 58.4 percent of nonwhite voters — a disparity that will worsen with new restrictive voting laws. In the 2020 election, voter turnout surged ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s current nominee for attorney general, Pam Bondi, has a long career in the public record. Here, the Brennan Center highlights two troubling aspects of Bondi’s recent ...

A new congressional map takes the Tar Heel State from having one of the fairest maps in the country to its most biased — and voters of color are among the big victims. When states redrew congressional ...

Everyone should be afforded equal access to our justice system. We are conducting research and creating policy solutions to promote equitable access to the courts, even amid the Covid-19 pandemic. All ...

From targeting election officials to making us more vulnerable to cyberattacks, implementing the radical conservative agenda’s proposals would be disastrous for democracy. Project 2025, a blueprint ...

A handful of wealthy donors dominate electoral giving and spending in the United States. We need limits on campaign finance, transparency, and effective enforcement of these rules — along with public ...

On March 25, 2025, the president issued an executive order titled Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections. The executive order, among other things, directs the Election ...

The gap is increasing nationwide, especially in counties that had been subject to federal oversight until the Supreme Court invalidated preclearance in 2013. The gap in voter participation between ...

Skewed maps give Republicans big advantages in 11 states, mostly in the South and Midwest. This November, Americans will vote in another close election for the House of Representatives. If polls are ...