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Anyone in line to vote on Election Day is entitled to cast their ballot, even if they are still waiting when their polling location closes. If you have any issues or questions, call or text 866-OUR-VOTE. Share this to spread the word.
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BREAKING: In a win for voters, the Supreme Court denied the Department of Justice's request to order California to segregate 20,000 ballots, mere hours after DOJ asked the Supreme Court for the extreme remedy. 1/2
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Unlike state supreme courts, the U.S. Supreme Court has no effective framework for holding its justices accountable for ethics violations. That needs to change, writes Gabe Roth of Fix the Court.
bit.ly/4e6Q6IR
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Happening Now: How do we fix a broken Supreme Court? We have solutions. Join our Reddit AMA on Thursday, Oct. 29, 12 - 2pm ET: reddit.com/r/IAmA/s/u9c77IxM…
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Repeating my earlier reminder:
To be absolutely clear: This has NOTHING to do with voter files or voter registration. Those are maintained by the states. The FEC only handles federal campaign finance filings.
We are working hard to restore the systems as soon as possible.
Update: Work continues to resolve the electronic filing system outage. FEC.gov’s other campaign finance data searches remain available as do PDFs of reports.
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The Trump admin has continuously tried to undermine our elections, but what's important to note is that "they have consistently lost," Larry Norden told NPR. Norden on how states and local officials work to ensure safe, secure elections: npr.org/2026/10/27/nx-s1-601…
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Here's the @BrennanCenter landing page for my new piece in the New Yorker on how state election officials are protecting the midterms against the president's attempts to "take over the voting." brennancenter.org/our-work/a…
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My first piece in the New Yorker--how intrepid state election officers have resisted the president's attempt to "take over the voting."
newyorker.com/magazine/2026/…
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Kagan diagnoses American democracy with a Supreme Court problem
“The court has kind of blinded itself to the very deleterious effect of their rulings on how the political system works, and has created a democracy that does not work as well as it should” courthousenews.com/kagan-dia…
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This is such a gutting loss. We love you, Laura. The absolute best of the best. rollcall.com/2026/10/15/jour…
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Lifetime tenure for Supreme Court justices fuels increasingly bitter confirmation battles. Use our new data tool to see the outcome for every nominee based on year and vote margin. bit.ly/4ATtLbw
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Really cool conversation on the media and the discourse in voting rights here in Atlanta, organized by our outstanding team at the @BrennanCenter.
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Use our new interactive data visualization to see how Supreme Court justices are serving longer terms than ever before: bit.ly/3VmxQ7X
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The Supreme Court emergency docket — aka the shadow docket — is being used more than ever to settle important cases. The Brennan Center’s Alicia Banon breaks down the implications on this week’s episode of The Briefing with Michael Waldman: bit.ly/4i6pIRD
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The Voting Rights Act transformed American democracy. In An American Problem, Michael G. Miller and Kevin T. Morris trace the law’s history, its successes, and how Shelby County v. Holder weakened its protections. Available today: bit.ly/4y6W1ot
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.@mawaldman to @washingtonpost: “Throughout American history, reform follows scandal.” It's not a given but … 1/2 washingtonpost.com/politics/…
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"If mounting threats and baseless impeachments influence who is willing to serve as a judge, how judges make decisions or whether their families can live safely, we risk allowing intimidation to infect the judicial process," a former federal judge writes in @thehill. thehill.com/opinion/judiciar…
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The big pay-to-play story from @propublica yesterday is continuing to roil the political news cycle. But it's worth a careful read for anyone who cares about corruption and American democracy. Two points stand out: propublica.org/article/fbi-s…
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U.S. elections have proved remarkably resilient, but the system has been battered by a political assault designed to restrict the vote and diminish democracy. Here are eight solutions to ensure the right to vote in elections that are free, fair, and safe. bit.ly/4j4uGiG