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Inside Voting in America

ProPublica is investigating excesses of both major political parties. We are focusing our efforts in three broad areas: who votes, who counts the votes and who is providing legal, intellectual and financial backing for efforts aimed at restricting voting or influencing the election process.

138 stories published since 2015

How an Anti-Abortion Law Firm Teamed Up With a Disgraced Kansas Attorney to Dispute the 2020 Election

by Megan O’Matz,

Promoters of Election Lies Also Hyped a Hospital for Ukraine. That Never Happened Either.

by Cassandra Jaramillo, ProPublica, and Lauren McGaughy and Allie Morris, The Dallas Morning News,

Conservative Activist Poured Millions Into Groups Seeking to Influence Supreme Court on Elections and Discrimination

by Andy Kroll, ProPublica, and Andrew Perez and Aditi Ramaswami, The Lever,

Federal Judge Strikes Down Part of Montana’s Far-Reaching Anti-Vax Law

by Marilyn W. Thompson,

What’s Really at Stake in a Politically Charged Supreme Court Case on Elections

by Ian MacDougall,

How Tennessee Disenfranchised 21% of Its Black Citizens

by Bianca Fortis,

They Were Trying to Help Run Elections. Then They Got Criminally Investigated.

by Cassandra Jaramillo and Joshua Kaplan,

How to “Follow the Money” in a Political Campaign

by Karim Doumar and Cynthia Gordy Giwa,

What Fortune 500 Companies Said After Jan. 6 vs. What They Did

by Alec MacGillis and Sergio Hernandez,

How the Biden Administration Caved to Republicans on Fighting Election Disinformation

by Andrea Bernstein and Ilya Marritz,

A County Elections Director Stood Up to Locals Who Believe the Voting System Is Rigged. They Pushed Back Harder.

by Doug Bock Clark,

Churches Are Breaking the Law by Endorsing in Elections, Experts Say. The IRS Looks the Other Way.

by Jeremy Schwartz and Jessica Priest,

Tell Us How Religious Organizations in Your Area Involve Themselves in Elections

by Jessica Priest and Jeremy Schwartz,

That Cardboard Box in Your Home Is Fueling Election Denial

by Justin Elliott, Megan O’Matz and Doris Burke,

Greg Abbott’s Executive Power Play

by Perla Trevizo and Marilyn W. Thompson,

How to Follow Your Congressional and Local Elections in 2022

by Karim Doumar and Cynthia Gordy Giwa,

What One Photographer Captured in Wisconsin’s Changing Election Climate

by Megan O’Matz, photography by David Kasnic for ProPublica,

How to Outsmart Election Disinformation

by Karim Doumar and Cynthia Gordy Giwa,

How to Help People Vote in the 2022 Midterm Elections

by Asia Fields and Kengo Tsutsumi,

Election Administrators Are Under Attack. Here’s What That Means for the Upcoming Midterms.

by Jeremy Schwartz,

D.C. Attorney General Opens Investigation Into Republican Governors’ Shipping of Immigrants to the Capital

by Marilyn W. Thompson and Perla Trevizo,

Who Is My Member of Congress? Here’s How to Find Out What Your Reps Have Been Up To.

by Karim Doumar and Cynthia Gordy Giwa,

How Ron DeSantis Blew Up Black-Held Congressional Districts and May Have Broken Florida Law

by Joshua Kaplan,

Election Deniers Failed to Hand Wisconsin to Trump but Have Paved the Way for Future GOP Success

by Megan O’Matz,

How to Vote in Person or by Mail

by Karim Doumar and Cynthia Gordy Giwa,

How America’s Democracy Is “Ripe to Be Exploited”

by Eric Umansky,

Congress Works for You. Here’s How to Be a Better Boss.

by ProPublica,

For Donald Trump, Information Has Always Been Power

by Andrea Bernstein,

For Helping Voters Who Can’t Read, She’s Been Criminally Charged — Twice. That Hasn’t Stopped Her.

by Mauricio Rodríguez Pons, Aliyya Swaby and Annie Waldman,

New Voting Restrictions Could Make It Harder for 1 in 5 Americans to Vote

by Caresse Jackman, Gray Television/InvestigateTV, and Aliyya Swaby and Annie Waldman, ProPublica,

ووٹ ڈالنے کا طریقہ: ایک فوری اور آسان رہنمائی

by Asia Fields,

كيفية التصويت: دليل سريع وبسيط

by Asia Fields,

如何投票？請收好這份指南

by Asia Fields,

如何投票？请收好这份指南

by Asia Fields,

কীভাবে ভোট দিতে হয়: একটি দ্রুত এবং সহজ গাইড

by Asia Fields,

वोट देने के बारे में जानकारी: संक्षिप्त और आसान गाइड

by Asia Fields,

투표 방법: 간단하고 쉬운 안내서

by Asia Fields,

Paano Bumoto: Isang Mabilis at Madaling Gabay

by Asia Fields,

Cómo votar: una guía rápida y sencilla

por Asia Fields,

The Fight Against an Age-Old Effort to Block Americans From Voting

by Aliyya Swaby and Annie Waldman,

How to Vote: A Quick and Easy Guide

by Asia Fields,

Cách bỏ phiếu: Bản hướng dẫn nhanh chóng và dễ dàng

by Asia Fields,

How We Analyzed Literacy and Voter Turnout

by Annie Waldman and Aliyya Swaby,

How to Fix America’s Confusing Voting System

by Aliyya Swaby and Annie Waldman,

How a Billionaire’s “Attack Philanthropy” Secretly Funded Climate Denialism and Right-Wing Causes

by Andy Kroll and Justin Elliott, ProPublica, and Andrew Perez, The Lever,

“The Human Psyche Was Not Built for This”

by Marilyn W. Thompson and Jenny Deam, research by Mollie Simon, illustrations by Kitra Cahana, special to ProPublica,

How a Secretive Billionaire Handed His Fortune to the Architect of the Right-Wing Takeover of the Courts

by Andrew Perez, The Lever, and Andy Kroll and Justin Elliott, ProPublica,

Republicans Turn Against the League of Women Voters

by Megan O’Matz,

A Right-Wing Think Tank Claimed to Be a Church. Now, Members of Congress Want to Investigate.

by Andrea Suozzo,

A Government Official Helped Them Register. Now They’ve Been Charged With Voter Fraud.

by Bianca Fortis,