The fake-elector cases: charges, a dismissal in Georgia and a blanket federal pardon
Eighty-four people in seven states signed false certificates claiming Trump won in 2020. Here is where accountability stands.
Democracy & elections
Electors, maps, election security and the courts.
Supreme Court lets Texas use a map a lower court found was likely racially gerrymandered
The mid-decade redraw, pushed by Trump, was built to gain up to five Republican House seats. Texas's attorney general said the point was Republican representation.
North Carolina: a gerrymandering case study, and a power shift tucked into hurricane relief
The Brennan Center dissects the state's maps, and in December 2024 the legislature moved powers away from newly elected Democrats in a bill billed as Helene aid.
Cutting the election-security safety net before the midterms
The federal cyber agency ended funding for the centers that gave local election offices threat warnings and free defenses.
Also in the file
- National security expert warns about moves against critics' speech MSN
- GOP lawmaker says Trump should get a third term MSN The 22nd Amendment bars a third term.
- Florida bill would penalize cities that won't rename roads for Charlie Kirk Yahoo News
- Opinion: how vote suppression shaped outcomes The Hartmann Report (opinion)
- Opinion: the web of Russia ties and the Mueller report MSN (opinion)