Daniel Nichanian

Daniel Nichanian is the founder and editor-in-chief of Bolts. His writing has also appeared in The Atlantic, The Appeal, The New York Times, Politico, NYMag, and more.

Daniel Nichanian

Articles by Daniel Nichanian

“The Court Interred the Voting Rights Act Without the Dignity of a Funeral”

Your State-by-State Guide to the 2026 Supreme Court Elections

Oregon Voters Have Zero Choice in DA Races

Conservatives Play Musical Chairs to “Cement” Majority on Arkansas High Court

In Criminal Justice Elections This Year, ICE Contracts Are on the Hot Seat

The Escalating Race to Redistrict: Your Questions Answered

In 2025, Democrats Flipped 21 Percent of GOP-Held Legislative Seats

Elections Mailbag: Your Questions on Next Week’s Races, Answered

To Boost Turnout, Ballot Measure Proposes Moving New York City Elections to Even Years

Your Guide to the 2025 Prosecutor Elections

How the GOP Megabill Would Turbocharge Local Immigration Enforcement

Norfolk Reelects its Reform Prosecutor, Capping Years of Heated Debate

Republicans Add New Barriers to Oklahoma’s Dizzyingly Fast Process for Citizen Initiatives

Larry Krasner Easily Wins in Philadelphia, Reinforcing Network of Reform DAs

“An Egalitarian Pressure”: Australia Has Been Requiring People to Vote for 100 Years

Another State Restricts Life Sentences for Young Adults

“It Just Feels Like Death”: Barrage of New Rules Target Arkansas Ballot Initiatives

Indiana Republicans Ban Student IDs for Voting

After a Judge’s Death, Renewed Scrutiny for a Georgia Loophole That Can Nullify Elections

The Local Elections That Will Define Criminal Justice Policy in 2025

The GOP Came Out Ahead in Legislative Races, But Their Gains Were Modest and Uneven

How Supreme Court Elections Set the Stage for Coming Battles, from Voting to Abortion

Ohioans Reject Redistricting Reform, Protecting GOP Gerrymanders

Anti-Gerrymandering Groups Warn That Ohio’s Ballot Language Is Misleading Voters

Downballot Stakes: Your Questions Answered

The 33 Prosecutor and Sheriff Elections that Matter to Criminal Justice in November

What’s on Your Local Ballots: Your Questions Answered

Your Guide to All 12 States Choosing Their Next Elections Chief in November

The Public Defender Who Just Won Power Over Confirming Massachusetts Judges

“A Vote Against Democracy”: Missouri Forces One City to Lock In More Money for Police

How Voting Works in the U.K. and France: Your Questions Answered

For Wisconsin Prosecutors, Elections in Name Only

Arizona Will Elect County Prosecutors in Shadow of Abortion Ban

Mississippi Keeps the Door Firmly Shut on Ballot Initiatives

Your State-by-State Guide to the 2024 Supreme Court Elections

“Playbook of Fear” Fails to Sway Voters in Austin and Houston DA Races

Judges Play Musical Chairs on Arkansas’ Highest Court

A Wave of States Reduce “Death by Incarceration” for Young Adults

In Ohio, Uncontested Elections Worsen a Breakdown in Accountability for Prosecutors

Twelve Questions Shaping Democracy and Voting Rights in 2024

The Thousands of Local Elections That Will Shape Criminal Justice Policy in 2024

Democrats Held Off the GOP in Legislative Races This Year, Again Bucking Expectations

Democrats’ Strong Election Night Will Likely Shield Ballot Access in Pennsylvania

Abortion Rights Power Democratic Wins in Kentucky and Virginia

Pennsylvanians Are About to Decide Who Will Oversee the 2024 Elections

Louisiana Takes a Hard Swing to the Right

The Five States Where Trifectas Are At Play in November

With Impeachment Push, Wisconsin GOP Tests Bounds of Political Power

An Iowa County Just Stopped An Election Denier from Overseeing 2024 Election

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About State Supreme Courts

‘We Have a Right to Put It on the Ballot’: How Organizers Are Defending Direct Democracy

In the South, Challenges to Democratic Prosecutors Headline November’s Elections

Tennessee Puts Voting Rights at the Whims of State Officials

“Just an Opportunity to Come Home”

Surprise After Supreme Court Saves What’s Left of the Voting Rights Act

Tensions High on Bail and Policing as New Yorkers Elect DAs and Sheriffs

Pennsylvania GOP Doubles Down on Election Deniers, Including a Fake Trump Elector

“A Target on My Back”: New GOP Law Aims to Force Georgia Prosecutors’ Hands

New York’s Highest Court Takes a Step to the Left, Maybe

Liberals Flip the Wisconsin Supreme Court After Fifteen-Year Wait

In Pennsylvania’s 2023 DA Races, There’s Already a Winner: Unopposed Prosecutors

“An Attack on Direct Democracy in Arkansas”

Oklahomans Reject Recreational Weed in Low-Turnout Election

Wisconsin’s Supreme Court Runoff Takes Shape as Referendum on Abortion and Democracy

Mississippi Power Grab Heightens Focus on State’s Punitive Court System

Alabama’s New Election-Denying Secretary of State Leaves Group That Helps States Clean Voter Rolls

In Ohio’s Redistricting Redo, a New Justice and a New Speaker Will Steer the Ship

Ten Questions that Will Shape Democracy and Voting Rights in 2023

Kathy Hochul Pushes New York’s Highest Court to the Right

What Off Year? Hundreds of Local Elections Will Define Criminal Justice Policy in 2023

In Legislative Elections, Democrats Defied Recent History

In Secretary of State Races, Election Deniers (Mostly) Lose

Minneapolis Elects a Career Public Defender as Its New Prosecutor

The 30 Prosecutor and Sheriff Races that Will Shape Criminal Justice Next Week

California’s 10 Most Critical Elections for Criminal Justice and Policing

Pennsylvania’s Chief Justice, Part of a Court Majority to Shield Voting Rights, Died on Friday

Your Guide to All 35 States Deciding Their Next Secretary of State

Michigan Republicans Stumble in Dress Rehearsal for Overturning Future Elections