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The fight for democracy

A series examining the threats to fundamental democratic rights in the US

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  • Woman with blond hair in front of American flag

    ‘The claims are just outrageous’: Republican ex-governor condemns Arizona election lies

    Jan Brewer has had it with election denialism – and she’s speaking out to defend poll workers across the political divide
  • Man in suit in front of flag

    Rightwingers’ push to recall Wisconsin Republican speaker fails again

    Bipartisan election commission finds rightwing activists failed to submit sufficient signatures in recall petition
  • Georgia public service commission

    Supreme court declines to take up case alleging voter discrimination in Georgia

    Public service commission, which establishes regulation and sets rates for utilities, accused of disenfranchising Black voters
  • police officers walk past a courthouse

    Georgia becomes first state to require election law training for police

    The newly required course emphasizes de-escalation and non-threatening conduct for officers
  • Person inside voting booth at polling place

    Millions of US voters lack access to documents to prove citizenship

    New study reveals number of people potentially affected by Republican efforts to prevent ‘non-citizen voting’
  • Woman with red shirt and glasses looks at camera

    She was in Trump’s Maga ‘cult’ – now she’s fighting far-right extremism

    Penny Swan defected from the rightwing group that captured the local Republican party – and she won’t be voting for Trump
  • composite image of five middle-aged white men

    Trump fake-elector scheme: where do seven states’ investigations stand?

  • Evening photo of front of columned building with multistory cupola, with a bright light illuminating smoke and US flags.

    ‘Racial resentment’ a factor in violence of 6 January 2021, study says

  • A sign for an early voting site at the Stead Park Recreation Center is photographed in northwest Washington, on May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Robert Yoon)

    DC targeted with harassing messages for allowing non-citizens to vote in primary

  • Composite image of woman in red suit and ballot box

    Republican who refused to certify Georgia primary a member of election denialist group

  • Janelle King speaks alongside Donald Trump

    Georgia elections board member denies plans to help Trump subvert election

    State GOP praises appointment of podcast host Janelle King as ‘integrity-minded’ as she replaces more moderate Republican
  • Middle-aged white woman, blond hair, red glasses, collared yellow and blue buttoned blouse, long pearls, speaks into microphone in front of group of white men as wind sweeps hair.

    Far-right US groups coalescing to stoke unfounded fears of non-citizens voting

  • Trump in suit and tie stands with lawyer behind railing at court

    Will Trump, a felon, be able to vote for himself in November?

  • "Voters Rights Rally" Held At Arizona State Capitol As Ballots Continue To Be Counted<br>PHOENIX, AZ - NOVEMBER 04: U.S. President Donald Trump supporters gather to protest the election results at the Maricopa County Elections Department office on November 4, 2020 in Phoenix, Arizona. The rally was organized after yesterday's vote narrowly turned for Democrats in the presidential and senate races. (Photo by Courtney Pedroza/Getty Images)

    Secure cages and Swat teams: Arizona county’s drastic steps to protect the vote

    Extraordinary measures turn Maricopa county elections office into fortress ahead of 2024 vote to protect staff and ballots
  • Two men in blue suits and red ties stand at a podium in front of a row of American flags

    Trump and Johnson spread unfounded fears by urging non-citizen voting ban

    Trump falls back on false claim that non-citizen voting threatened his popular vote, despite data proving that it’s a lie
  • Black voting booths with American flags on the front

    US court hears Texas case that threatens to erode Black and Latino voters’ rights

    Galveston county appeals after its electoral maps were thrown out for ‘stark and jarring’ violations of Voting Rights Act
  • A SafeVote ballot drop box for mail-in ballots is outside a polling site in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in October 2020.

    Wisconsin supreme court appears poised to overturn ballot drop box ban

    Ruling could have significant consequences for election administration in battleground state ahead of 2024 vote
  • A young Black woman wearing a black face mask and sweatshirt holds a white-on-black sign that says Black Voters Matter.

    Trump-appointed judges struck down a new Black congressional district. Voters aim to save it

    Louisiana’s attorney general is also appealing to allow new, majority-Black district to stand for November election
  • Claire Woodall-Vogg, executive director of the City of Milwaukee Election Commission, teaches a class to poll workers Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, in Milwaukee. Milwaukee's election leader has been ousted by the mayor in a surprise move that comes just six months before Wisconsin's largest city will be in the spotlight in the presidential swing state. Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier Johnson announced Monday, May 6, 2024, that he would be replacing Milwaukee Election Commission Executive Director Woodall with her deputy, Paulina Gutierrez. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

    Milwaukee replaces top election official six months before presidential vote

    Mayor appoints Paulina Gutiérrez to lead election commission, replacing Claire Woodall, in key battleground state’s biggest city
  • Young white man with brown hair and light beard, smiling outdoors, wearing backpack, in collared shirt and fleece.

    Workers at far-right site Gateway Pundit feared credibility issues, filing shows

    Lawyers for Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, election workers suing website for defamation, made disclosure in April court filing
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