Voting Rights
June 18, 2025
“A Law Without a Way to Enforce It”
In North Dakota as elsewhere, Native groups face a triple threat on voting rights: judges targeting the VRA, Trump officials hostile to enforcing it, and a funding crunch depleting their work.
January 17, 2025
On Voting Rights, Eight Legal Battles to Watch in 2025
The Latest
Who Runs Our Elections?
Our Bolts resources compile, state-by-state, the local and state offices responsible for administering elections, and those responsible for counting and certifying results. These sleepy offices hold a great deal of discretion over our democracy.
Courts and democracy
January 26, 2024
Your Guide to Four Emerging Threats to the Voting Rights Act
Voting from Prison
Ranked-Choice
September 11, 2024
Native Leaders Organize to Defend Alaska’s Ranked Choice Voting System
Local Democracy
Long Reads
Democracy in Ohio
November 5, 2024
Ohioans Reject Redistricting Reform, Protecting GOP Gerrymanders
Democracy in Vermont
September 28, 2023
Refugee Organizing Helps Spur Noncitizen Voting in Vermont Cities
Democracy in New Jersey
Ballot initiatives & direct democracy
Voting in New Mexico
Voting in Tennessee
August 8, 2023