Lawrence Norden
Brennan Center
United States
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Illegal Attempts to Access Voting Machines Didn’t Stop with Jan. 6 Insurrection
Some of the same people behind the effort to overturn the 2020 election are supporting activists working to gain illegal access to election systems. → Read More
Addressing Insider Threats in Elections
There is an active effort to recruit rogue election officials to sabotage elections across the country. → Read More
Preparing for Cyberattacks and Technical Problems During the Pandemic: A Guide for Election Officials
Election resiliency plans must take into account new realities created by the coronavirus. → Read More
Preparing for Cyberattacks and Technical Failures: A Guide for Election Officials
How to prevent and recover from Election Day cyberattacks and technical failures. → Read More
A Framework for Election Vendor Oversight
Private companies supply vital elements of America’s election infrastructure but face almost no regulation. Federal standards are needed to ensure its security. → Read More
Voting Machine Security: Where We Stand Six Months Before the New Hampshire Primary
While there has been substantial progress in securing voting machines since 2016, there is still more to do ahead of 2020. → Read More
Paper Trails for All
Thanks to Russia, voting machines may be more secure than ever in 2020 → Read More
Better Safe Than Sorry: How Election Officials Can Plan Ahead to Protect the Vote in the Face of a Cyberattack
How Election Officials Can Plan Ahead to Protect the Vote in the Face of a Cyberattack → Read More
America’s Voting Machines at Risk – An Update
Despite manifold warnings about hacking for the past three years, the country has made remarkably little progress since in replacing vulnerable voting machines — and has done even less to ensure that we can recover from a successful cyberattack against them. → Read More
How Citizens United Changed Politics and Shaped the Tax Bill
The real impact of an unregulated campaign finance is on policy, and the proof is in this year’s tax bill. → Read More
This Bill Would Help Stop Russia From Buying Online Election Ads
But will Congress pass it? → Read More
Presidential Transparency: Beyond Tax Returns
What would the president’s tax returns show about his financial ties to foreign powers or other ethical issues? Is there a better way than disclosure of tax returns to get at such information? New Brennan Center analysis explores these questions. → Read More
Tax credits for small donors in politics should be part of tax reform
Progressives and conservatives will disagree on plenty when it comes to exactly how federal tax credits should be structured, but it’s a conversation we owe to our country. → Read More
It is Time For Members of Congress to Step Up and Protect Our Election
We must recognize that we live in a world where foreign interests are vying for power on the world stage by trying to shape American politics or even attempting to create doubts that democracy really works. Against that backdrop, it is clear that strengthening election security is essential to protecting our national security. It is time for members of Congress to step up. → Read More
It is Time For Members of Congress to Step Up and Protect Our Election
We must recognize that we live in a world where foreign interests are vying for power on the world stage by trying to shape American politics or even attempting to create doubts that democracy really works. Against that backdrop, it is clear that strengthening election security is essential to protecting our national security. It is time for members of Congress to step up. → Read More
New Court, Second Look: 'Citizens United' Built on Crumbling Base
The Brennan Center for Justice is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on the fundamental issues of democracy and justice. → Read More
Fact Check: What the Supreme Court Got Wrong in its Money in Politics Decisions
The Brennan Center for Justice is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on the fundamental issues of democracy and justice. → Read More