It’s a feature, not a glitch, that elections in this country are very decentralized, and that decentralized nature of elections administration has been a feature since the Founding.
Starting with a summer conference for America’s secretaries of state, three-plus months from the 2026 Midterms, Declare is spending time with chief election officials to get their insights on the election process.
While respecting a recent Supreme Court ruling that allows certain ballots to be received after Election Day, Nevada should update its policy for the sake of trust in the election process, its governor writes.
A judge determined that using a federal data tool for verifying voters’ citizenship status was beyond its lawful purpose. But the existence of such a mechanism might fill a need.
The election lawyer and Declare contributor explains how Justice Barrett “said a lot without saying a lot” in her majority opinion in Watson v. Republican National Committee.
Declare Talks with one of its newest contributors, the Executive Director of We the Veterans, about making big splashes to recruit poll workers and the implications of a recent Supreme Court decision.
Declare’s Miranda Combs does a Q&A with leaders of veterans groups that signed an amicus brief in Watson v. RNC, about their concerns prior to the decision and issues facing military voters more broadly.
Amelia Powers Gardner, a Utah County (Utah) Commissioner, writes to her state’s legislature about scrupulously examining election systems — and being honest with equal care about what it finds.
Supporting election integrity does not mean undermining elections but investing in what makes them accountable and transparent, former Rep. Matt Salmon writes.
We cannot allow partisan rhetoric to erode faith in the process, writes former North Carolina governor Pat McCrory. Confidence should follow the law, not the party label of winners or losers.
