Defend The Vote

Congratulations to our DTV-endorsed members being sworn in today! We urge the 118th Congress to fight to protect and expand our right to vote and we look forward to working alongside them to safeguard our democracy!

Election deniers were rejected in many races this midterms. But we’re not out of the woods just yet.

How the Worst Fears for Democracy Were Averted in 2022 A precariously narrow but consequential slice of the electorate broke with its own voting history to reject openly extremist Republican candidates — at least partly out of concern for the health of the political system.

Democracy is on the ballot in states across the country. Here are some of the most important races to watch ⤵️

What to know about the most important elections in 2023 It’s an off-year, but there are a few big races in a handful of states.

Cases like Pamela Moses’ are “the modern-day manifestation of very hard policies that dominated the Jim Crow era.”

The untold story of how a US woman was sentenced to six years for voting The case of Pamela Moses sparked a national outcry – but newly uncovered documents reveal the extent of its injustice

In 2022, Democrats retained all but one of the governor’s offices they held and won control of state legislatures in Michigan and Minnesota. Now they’re ready to go on offense in 2023 and fight to expand voting rights.

Democrats, Feeling New Strength, Plan to Go on Offense on Voting Rights After retaining most of the governor’s offices they hold and capturing the legislatures in Michigan and Minnesota, Democrats are putting forward a long list of proposals to expand voting access.

Arizona voters made their voices heard loud and clear on Election Day – and they elected Adrian Fontes for Arizona Secretary of State.

Arizona judge dismisses Finchem’s election challenge in secretary of state race Republican Mark Finchem, a prominent election denier, filed a lawsuit seeking a redo of the election after losing to Democrat Adrian Fontes in November.

Great news for voting rights in North Carolina!

N.C. court strikes down voter ID law as intentional racial discrimination The North Carolina Supreme Court struck down a state voter identification law that required every voter to present one of a few specific forms of photo identification.

Texas GOP legislators have already prefiled 20 bills in the Texas House and Senate to criminalize voters and restrict voting. We won’t stop fighting to defend our right to vote.

Texas Republicans propose a Florida-style election police force as it tees up more changes to voting laws The prefiled measures have alarmed voting rights activists and state Democrats, who failed last year to block a GOP-backed overhaul of election laws.

"In our country, we don't swear an oath to an individual, or a political party. We take our oath to defend the United States Constitution -- and that oath must mean something.” -Rep. Liz Cheney

Liz Cheney's mission on Jan. 6 committee: Keep Donald Trump out of the White House Outgoing Rep. Liz Cheney risked her political career in making a criminal case against Donald Trump in the aftermath of Jan. 6. She makes a last stand Monday.

The January 6th Committee is releasing their full report, nearly two years after the violent attack on our Capitol and on our democracy.

Jan. 6 committee approves criminal referrals against Trump for his role in trying to overturn the 2020 election The panel also issued a criminal referral to the Department of Justice for conservative attorney John Eastman.

“Despite restrictive voting laws’ best efforts to keep Southern organizers from mobilizing voters, those organizers are still putting up the good fight.”

Opinion: The South Isn’t Doomed. Southern Organizers Have Always Put In The Work. Despite voter suppression tactics and Herschel Walker being propped up for a Senate run in Georgia, things in the South are not as hopeless as some would have you believe.

Our democracy is under attack – that’s why we’re fighting every day to protect and strengthen our right to vote, to ensure every American can make their voice heard.

Americans unified in concern that democracy is under attack, poll shows Georgetown's Mo Elleithee joins Morning Joe to discuss new polling that shows a majority of voters on both sides think democracy is currently under attack.