Stacey Abrams Is Smarter Than Tom Steyer
You can amass great influence and power building the infrastructure for lasting Democratic rule ... or you can run for president.
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The Case Against the Electoral College Is Stronger Than Ever
As has been true for over 200 years, the next president will be chosen by an eighteenth-century anachronism. American voters deserve better.
After 48 Years, Democrats Still Haven’t Gotten the Memo
Lewis Powell once drafted a how-to guide for maximizing political power. Only one party took his advice. Here's how Democrats can catch up.
Make the Guarantee Clause Great Again
How a long-standing Supreme Court precedent is hindering constitutional challenges of partisan gerrymandering.
Republicans Plan to Rig Elections for a Decade
New evidence confirms the Trump administration wants a citizenship question on the census for one reason: To suppress Latinx votes.
Democracy Fights Back
Republican attempts at voter suppression have inspired a movement to restore and expand access to the polls.
It’s Time for a New Voting Rights Act
Republicans have made voter suppression a key tactic for winning elections. What can Democrats do about it?
How the Roberts Court Caused Georgia’s Election Mess
Thanks to a 2013 ruling, Southern states are free to pass restrictive laws without government scrutiny.
America’s Relentless Suppression of Black Voters
Republican attempts to exclude African Americans from the polls echoes efforts by Southern whites that enabled the Jim Crow era.
The Blue Wave Might Wipe Out Voter Suppression, Too
Republicans are fighting to hold on to secretary of state offices that have become vehicles for purging voter rolls and restricting ballot access.
Trump’s Voter Fraud Crusade Is Just Beginning
The president's "election integrity" commission has died, but the threat of large-scale voter purges is growing.
Donald Trump’s Government for White People
Liberals are underestimating just how aggressively Trump's White House will shape the electorate in ways that make it whiter.
The GOP’s Next Target: Get-Out-the Vote Operations?
Indiana Republicans are hassling a liberal voter registration group, in what appears to be a bid to make its work seem suspect.
How Republican Efforts to Suppress the Vote Backfired Big Time
A string of judiciary defeats could result in a more devastating one: a Supreme Court hostile to voter ID laws.
Trump’s “Rigged Election” Argument Comes Straight From the GOP Playbook
He's maximizing the number of voters who'll reject the results of the election, with potentially calamitous consequences.
How White Georgia Republicans Are Derailing an African-American Candidate
Without the protections of the Voting Rights Act, local elections are a free-for-all.
