voting rights Archives

How Democracy Survived the Midterm Elections

by Ese Olumhense, Ike Sriskandarajah, Michael Montgomery, Nadia Hamdan, Jonathan Jones, Brett Myers, Cynthia Rodriguez, Nikki Frick, Amy Mostafa, Kathryn Styer Martínez, Claire Mullen, Taki Telonidis and Al Letson November 19, 2022December 2, 2022

Following the 2020 election, it looked like the midterms could create more chaos. But mostly, they didn’t. Why?

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An illustration depicts a variety of people waiting in line to deposit ballots in a drop box. Some people appear only as dotted outlines.

Voting

Ballot Collection Rules Have Changed in Many Places. Here’s How to Make Sure Your Vote Counts.

by Farah Eltohamy October 29, 2022October 31, 2022

Election attorneys and voting rights experts worry these laws will scare people away from voting. So we’ve created this guide to make sure you know the rules in your state.

Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers wears a red Save America baseball cap as she speaks.

Voting

Big Lie Proponents Are Creating Harsh Criminal Penalties for Elections Activity

by Ese Olumhense October 27, 2022November 5, 2022

The proliferation of election crime legislation is the most threatening front in voter suppression efforts in generations.

A person in a car leans out the window to place their ballot in a drop box labeled with Maricopa County Official Ballot Drop Box

Voting

How Are Voter Suppression Tactics Affecting You and Your Community?

by Reveal staff October 27, 2022October 26, 2022

Help us understand whether new election rules and threats are keeping people from voting.

Voting

Search for the Crime Bills That Target Voting and Elections in Your State

by Ese Olumhense, Melissa Lewis, Farah Eltohamy and Soo Oh October 27, 2022October 27, 2022

Reveal created a first-of-its-kind database to track bills that target election crimes in state legislatures across the country.

An illustration shows a billboard reading VOTE that has been crossed out to read NOPE

Voting

The Big Grift Behind the Big Lie

by Cassandra Jaramillo, Nadia Hamdan, Katharine Mieszkowski, Brett Meyers, Taki Telonidis, Andy Donohue, Nikki Frick, Amy Mostafa, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Kathryn Styer Martínez and Steven Rascón September 10, 2022September 14, 2022

The group True the Vote has collected millions off spreading “the big lie” that the 2020 election was stolen by voter fraud.

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Monica Palmer stands in front of several microphones.

Voting

Inside the GOP’s Purge of Local Election Officials in Michigan

by Trey Bundy April 4, 2022April 4, 2022

Proponents of Trump’s Big Lie have “been able to infiltrate the Republican Party right down to the precinct level in a way that I’ve been astounded by,” says a former GOP head.

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Accountability

Who Has Power and How Do They Wield It?

by Andrea Henderson, Dhruv Mehrotra, Stan Alcorn, Queena Sook Kim, Amy Mostafa, Steven Rascón, Jim Briggs, Fernando Arruda, Jess Alvarenga, Kathryn Styer Martínez, Kevin Sullivan and Ike Sriskandarajah February 19, 2022February 23, 2022

Three local investigative stories that have big impact, from D.C. police keeping troubled officers on the force to the history of prisoner disenfranchisement laws in Missouri.