Salvadorean presidential candidate Nayib Bukele, of the Great National Alliance (GANA), speaks during the closing rally of his campaign in San Salvador, on January 26, 2019 ahead of the first round of …
Purging Democracy: Voter Roll Purges and the Undermining of US Democracy
From 2014 to 2016, 16 million voters were removed from voter registration lists. Voter roll purges keep voting rolls accurate by canceling the registration of people who have passed away, moved, or …
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Voter ID Laws – A Solution to Voter Fraud or a Threat to Democracy?
If there is one democratic concept that has been emphasized time and time again, one idea that is vital for a state to even credit itself as democratic––it’s elections. Yet, since the 2020 …
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Unfair Elections: A Breach of Freedom
The concept of free and fair elections, one of the hallmarks of a functioning democracy, seems to be slipping away in the United States. While Donald Trump’s claims of election fraud in the 2020 …
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Why Democrats Spending Millions to Support Far-Right Candidates is Dangerous for American Democracy
A week before the January 6th insurrection at the Capitol, Doug Mastriano prayed with Christian Nationalists for Donald Trump to seize power. Why then did he receive funding from Democrats in this …
The Danger of Electing Election Deniers
Across the country, sixty percent of Americans will have an election denier on their ballot. At least 16 states will have a candidate running for secretary of state (or positions that appoint the …
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January 6th: A Call for Republican Resistance
On January 6, 2021, one of the greatest physical attacks on modern democracy occurred with the violent disruption of the 2020 presidential election certification at the U.S. Capitol. Trump supporters …
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Strict Voter Photo Identification Laws: A New Threat to Democracy with Historical Roots
Restrictive voter ID laws have become increasingly salient as more states pass or introduce legislation making identification a central part of voting (Hajnal et. al., 2017). These laws, where “the …