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.
Latest in Election Coverage
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2020 Is An Election Security Success Story (So Far)
Heading into Tuesday, there was a very long list of things that could go wrong. Many have not come to pass so far. -
An Opportunity for Democratic Renewal
This was not the election result for which millions of Americans were hoping. It is, however, a tremendous opportunity to bolster and strengthen American democracy. -
The Lawfare Podcast: We're Almost Done
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The Election and the Military
Elections are the one context in which Congress has been clear that otherwise broad authorities are not generally available to the president. -
Bans on Guns at the Polls Are Plainly Constitutional
The Second Amendment doesn’t offer cover to bring a gun to the polls, nor to use one to intimidate voters. -
Preparing for Election Night: Counting and Reporting the Vote in Battleground States
Americans will likely see misinformation surrounding the vote count. Understanding how votes are counted and reported in battleground states could help inoculate against it.
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