The Election Security Exchange recommends several low-cost steps election officials can take, many of which they are already ...

In Hungary, one backstop against authoritarian rule has been the European Union. In the United States, perhaps it is the fact ...

Amid new and persistent challenges, local election officials are preparing to ensure the 2026 midterms are safe and secure.

After he won, he vowed Hungary would no longer be “a country without consequences.” As if shaken awake, the media and politicians in our own country have suddenly noticed the corruption issue. The New ...

Today the League of Women Voters of Michigan — represented by the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, Campaign Legal Center, and Goodman Acker — filed an amicus brief with the United States Court ...

A handful of wealthy donors dominate electoral giving and spending in the United States. We need limits on campaign finance, transparency, and effective enforcement of these rules — along with public ...

Our courts should be bulwarks to protect civil rights, democratic values, and the rule of law — but increasingly, the promise of evenhanded justice is at risk. The Brennan Center is fighting back with ...

Last week, President Trump issued a new executive order that aims to illegally rewrite the rules for federal elections. The principal thrust of the order is to charge the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) ...

The American political system is in an era of unapologetic and unchecked political corruption. Even the mere perception of corruption contributes to Americans’ loss of trust in the government’s ...

Congress will soon vote on the reauthorization of a surveillance authority known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which is set to expire on April 20. Although ...

Ahead of the 2026 midterms, Trump administration allies have floated the possibility that federal immigration agents could interfere at polling sites this fall, a scenario that would violate federal ...