Democracy

A shot from above of voters standing in a line, with an American flag in the foreground

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November 19, 2024

How Project 2025 Would Endanger Our Elections

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

A woman sitting at a tabl;e covered in ballots. Other tables with ballots and people are visible in the background.

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November 4, 2024

What to Expect When You’re Waiting for the Votes to Get Counted

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

The United States Supreme Court

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October 25, 2024

As Election Season Comes to a Close, Watch Out for Lawsuits, Misinformation, and Voter Fatigue

Chris Williams
Research Director

A woman looks at a ballot.

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October 23, 2024

What Is Election Certification? The Facts You Need to Fight Attacks on the Democratic Process

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

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October 2, 2024

Election 2024 Is Already Happening—and So Is the Fight in the Courts

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

A coalition of conservative, progressive, and independent students, some over eight days into a hunger strike, congregate in front of the White House to urge President Biden to prioritize voting rights at Lafayette Park in December 2021 in Washington, DC. Centered is a young person holding a sign that reads Hunger Strike 4 Democracy!

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September 10, 2024

One Issue Voters Can Agree On: We Need More Choices in our Elections

Chris Williams
Research Director

A poll worker helps a voter.

Andrew Spear/Getty Images

August 19, 2024

Where Have All the Election Officials Gone?

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

Voter contemplating ballot in polling booth

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August 13, 2024

When Bad Ballot Designs Confuse Voters, Democracy Suffers. Science has Solutions.

Liza Gordon-Rogers
Research Associate

Three people watch televisions mounted above a bar: one screen shows a baseball game; the other shows footage of former president Trump holding his head after an assassination attempt at his rally in Pennsylvania in July 2024.

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August 8, 2024

What Research Tells Us about Political Violence

Chris Williams
Research Director

Daily Hampshire Gazette

January 16, 2024

Ask a Scientist: Can Election Science Ensure the Integrity of the 2024 Elections?

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

from the rocky shores of the Detroit River, the Detroit city skyline is pictured at sunrise

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August 21, 2023

In the Fight for Voting Rights, Michigan Is Determined to Win

Ingrid Paredes
Engineering Educator

A man holding a sign that reads, "Black Votes Matter"

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November 4, 2022

Disinformation: A Racist Tactic, from Slave Revolts to Elections

Guest Commentary

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October 18, 2022

Scientist Reflects: Mail-In Ballots Address Barriers to Voting

UCS Science Network

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September 8, 2022

Ask a Scientist: How to Thwart Threats to Democracy

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

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July 6, 2022

Achieving Multiracial, Multiparty Democracy

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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June 29, 2022

How the American Legislative Exchange Council Turns Disinformation into Law

Elliott Negin
Former Contributor

protesters hold signs in front of the Supreme Court building in DC, one of which reads "We won't go back"

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June 24, 2022

The Overturning of Roe V. Wade and When We Stop Governing with Facts

Rachel Licker
Principal Climate Scientist

Wikimedia Commons

June 9, 2022

The Insurrection Isn’t Over: January 6 Hearings Must Address the Threat of Future Election Violence

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

Two people in the foreground of a group of protestors raise their fists in solidarity for George Floyd

Clay Banks/Unsplash

January 7, 2022

Stopping the Decline of US Democracy: Where Is the Coalition We Need?

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

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November 18, 2021

Achieving Multi-Racial, Multi-Party Democracy: An Alternative Model for Reform

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

Michael Fleshman/Flickr

October 20, 2021

Republicans Reject the Freedom to Vote Act

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

close-up of a US Census 2020 paper mailing

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August 17, 2021

With Census Data Now Available, You Can Help Protect Democracy: Here’s How

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow

Cherry blossoms and the Washington mounment

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June 23, 2021

DC Statehood is Our Right

Genna Reed
Former Director of Policy Analysis

The US Capitol seen through a fence with flowers and a US flag inserted in it

Erin Scott/Reuters

January 12, 2021

How to Quarantine a Political Virus: Stopping the Sedition Caucus by Improving Democracy

Michael Latner
Former UCS Fellow