Threats to U.S. elections—including disinformation, political violence, and other efforts to undermine public confidence in the election—have grown in recent years, and Lawfare’s coverage has grown with them. Find our articles, podcasts, and other projects on elections, and the efforts to subvert them, compiled below.
Please note that Lawfare’s coverage of related issues, including Section 3 challenges to former President Donald Trump’s eligibility to be a candidate in the 2024 presidential election, the federal prosecution of Trump due to his alleged actions to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election, the Fulton County prosecution of Trump and co-defendants to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, and the accountability efforts in Congress, the criminal courts, and civil litigation for the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, have their own dedicated pages linked throughout this paragraph.
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Healthy Elections Project Releases 2020 Research Compendium
Stanford-MIT Healthy Elections Project released its research compendium concerning the 2020 election and the coronavirus pandemic. -
Can Litigation Help Deradicalize Right-Wing Media?
By design, defamation law makes intentional, malicious lying an expensive habit, but this works only if people are willing to bring civil cases against the peddlers of disinformation. -
How to Understand Iranian Information Operations
To the extent that Iran targets U.S. audiences in sustained disinformation campaigns, it still typically aims to broadly promote Iranian interests rather than attempting to induce a specific result in Am... -
The Justice Department is Prosecuting an American for Election Interference—in 2016
“Ricky Vaughn” was among the most prolific far-right Twitter users working to spread disinformation during the 2016 election cycle. Why is he only now facing criminal charges for his attempt to suppress ... -
A 12-Step Rehabilitation Program for American Election Administration
This post offers a 12-step program to address the most significant administrative challenges exposed in the 2020 election. -
Disqualifying Insurrectionists and Rebels: A How-To Guide
Could Section 3 of the 14th Amendment be used to bar Donald Trump and some of his allies from ever holding federal or state office again?