Voting
The People Are Voiceless
In a democracy, voters never really speak with one voice—and they’re often wrong.
What’s a Non-White Voter Anyway?
Lumping together every person not of wholly European ancestry into one group is not particularly edifying.
Fact Checking Claims of Voter Fraud in Texas’ GOP Primary
Supporters of Dan Crenshaw’s opponent made false and misleading allegations.
Sore Loser Laws, Explained
Forty-seven states impose restrictions on political candidates who lost a primary election, but how they would apply in a presidential election is not always clear.
Would ID Cards Allow Noncitizens to Vote in U.S. Elections?
A pilot program ‘would modernize documentation provided to some noncitizens’ but would not allow unauthorized immigrants to vote.
Base Assumptions
Why identity politics and the ‘Real America’ fallacy are bad for our politics.
An Attempt to Upend the Electoral College, Explained
A push for a national popular presidential vote faces constitutional problems.
Ranked Choice Voting Is Working in Alaska
Results took longer to come in, but the ultimate outcome makes sense.
Congratulations on a Successful Midterm Election
DDoS attacks and vote counting glitches shouldn’t shake your confidence in our amazing system.
The Sweep: It’s Election Day!
Why you should ignore the early vote, and why bad polls might be good for democracy.
How Soon Will We Know Who Won the Senate?
If things look close, don’t stay up Tuesday night: A Dispatch Explainer.
What the Voting Rights Act Does—and Doesn’t—Do
And why it's not racist to oppose the Biden administration's voting reform legislation.