Commentary

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.
Lessons for how states can increase confidence while still being careful, accurate, and fair.
Inaccurate characterizations of a very real error obscure what the public should know about how it gets fixed.
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.