Election deniers have been pushing voters not to vote early, making the baseless claim that it could show Democrats how many votes they need “to fake” to win - though there is no evidence that Democrats have in the past or could rig an election based on Republican early vote totals. Read more»

In Arizona and across the country, Republicans who deny the results of the 2020 election are running for prominent statewide offices, including governor and secretary of state, and many have already said they will not accept the results of their election if they lose. Read more»

Republicans aligned with Trump have directed ire at electronic voting machines, and legislation has been introduced in Arizona and at least five other states to ban the use of ballot tabulators - even though hand counting ballots is incredibly expensive, burdensome, and time-consuming. Read more»

Coinciding with International Day of Democracy, roughly 386 media partners will publish stories drawing attention to the crisis facing U.S. democracy and sounding the alarm that democracy is on the cusp of collapse. Read more»

Election deniers are running for secretary of state in five critical states across the country, and the Democrats challenging them in November say their campaigns have taken on increased importance. Read more»

Republican candidates who claim that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump have been nominated for governor in four critical swing states, raising concerns that if elected they could try to sway election results in 2024 and beyond. Read more»

With less than three months until the midterm election, election officials say a continuing onslaught of violent threats makes them worried about safety, but federal efforts to provide financial support to state and local election officials appear to have fallen short. Read more»

During a hearing on protecting election officials, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee explored how to combat violent threats against election officials - while Republicans questioned threats against crisis pregnancy centers and Supreme Court justices. Read more»

12 states have enacted 35 new criminal penalties targeting election officials since 2020, and of the 35 new penalties, 31 were enacted in Republican-controlled states - part of a larger effort to criminalize people involved in the election process. Read more»

Across the country, states have passed new laws that give the green light to prosecutors to treat like criminals all kinds of people involved in the election process, whether they are voters, election officials or third parties that assist voters. Read more»

The Department of Justice on Tuesday sued Arizona over a law signed by the state’s Republican governor in March that requires people registering to vote prove their citizenship to participate in a presidential election or to vote by mail in any federal election. Read more»

More than 1 in 5 Republican state lawmakers across the country have joined at least one far-right Facebook group, according to a new report, and in Arizona, 12 have done so — about 25% of the state’s GOP legislators. Read more»

Across the country, election officials this legislative season made their voices heard through appeals to lawmakers, urging them not to enact voting laws that they saw as unfeasible or unnecessary, or that would ultimately make their jobs more difficult. Read more»

A GOP-sponsored bill signed into law Wednesday in Arizona by Republican Gov. Doug Ducey requires documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote, a mandate that the U.S. Supreme Court has said is unconstitutional. Read more»

The $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by Congress last week includes $75 million in Help America Vote Act grants — a major reduction compared to years past, and experts say the amount is insufficient to fund local elections and leaves local election offices without resources. Read more»