In this polarized era, Americans need help understanding how election results reflect the will of the people fairly, and how close and contested elections are resolved.
Election administration is too often influenced by partisan politics, leaving voters with less confidence in the fairness, neutrality, and consistency of how elections are run.
This tracker represents a portion of election litigation cases around the nation with priority focus on states that are presidential "battlegrounds" or are locations for nonpartisan election observation. The tracker is being regularly expanded as additional cases are introduced, or existing ones are identified.
As the 2026 midterm elections approach, courts across the country are considering disputes that could affect how votes are cast, counted, and certified. Three areas of litigation are particularly worth watching as Election Day draws closer.
ERN's Kevin Johnson testified in support of a faithless elector cleanup bill in Massachusetts.
Citizen-initiated ballot measures have emerged as a critical political battlefield in the United States. This groundbreaking report identifies the abuses by legislative and executive powers to the ballot initiative process and details remedies for partisan meddling.
This tracker represents a portion of election litigation cases around the nation with priority focus on states that are presidential "battlegrounds" or are locations for nonpartisan election observation. The tracker is being regularly expanded as additional cases are introduced, or existing ones are identified.
The National Steering Committee on Trusted Elections issued a public statement regarding the 2024 election outcomes, honoring candidates who conceded with grace, commending election officials who managed a fair process, and urging newly elected leaders to protect our country’s institutions and system of Constitutional checks and balances.
With the help of ERN and coalition partners, Michigan became the eighth state, and the second swing state, to pass legislation bringing its laws into compliance with the historic Electoral Count Reform Act (ECRA).
This report summarizes the impact of the Electoral Count Reform Act on state law and provides six recommendations on what states need to look for—and potentially change.
