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.
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Latest in Election Coverage
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Mail Voting Litigation in 2020, Part I: Application and Eligibility to Vote By Mail
Many Americans have sued this year to vote by mail instead of in person. Have their suits been successful? -
Mail Voting Litigation During the Pandemic: Introduction
How have state and federal courts handled mail voting litigation? -
The Limited Room for Russian Troll Influence in 2016
In a highly polarized country, it is hard to change voter preferences—and this is even more likely to be the case when the tools for doing so represent a tiny, tiny fraction of the information to which w... -
Foreign Interference is a Strategy, Not a Tactic
Authoritarians’ use of influence operations must be understood as part of a larger strategy to reshape the information space into one that is less democratic and more friendly to despots. -
National Security Highlights from the Final Presidential Debate
What did the candidates have to say about national security issues? -
Foreign Influence Operations and the 2020 Election: Framing the Debate
Introducing a series from the Stanford Internet Observatory on assessing the threat of foreign influence operations targeting the United States.
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