Michael Waldman
Brennan Center
New York, United States
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Past articles by Michael:
Voting Rights Are Expanding in Blue States, Contracting in Red
Data on voting bills shows the need for baseline national voting standards. → Read More
DeSantis’s Voting Stunt Goes Bad
The Florida governor’s push to punish honest voting errors is about deterring legitimate voters. → Read More
A Comprehensive Change in U.S. Policing
Policy reform and accountability must lead to a change in police hearts and minds. → Read More
Raise the debt ceiling. Then fix our democracy.
Gerrymandering, disinformation, and dark money underlie the current crisis. → Read More
George Santos’s Money Worries (And Ours)
Toothless regulators and legal loopholes let con men thrive. → Read More
Garland Takes on Mandatory Minimums
The AG (finally) tells prosecutors to reduce unnecessary incarceration. → Read More
2022: Democracy Rises
Americans rejected election denial and adopted reforms. Let’s build on that in 2023. → Read More
How to Prevent Another January 6
The January 6 committee exposed structural flaws. Here’s how to fix them. → Read More
Much Needed Reform for the Electoral Count Act
The appropriations bill just passed by Congress contains the first reform aimed at preventing another insurrection. → Read More
Congress Must Fund Election Security
Our election systems are still plagued by outdated and vulnerable equipment. → Read More
Moore v. Harper Heads to the High Court
Are the justices about to hear “most important case, since the founding, for our democracy”? → Read More
Reform the Electoral Count Act
The lame duck offers Congress a chance to protect future elections. → Read More
Billionaires Provided 15 Percent of Funding for the Midterms
This is not a healthy situation. → Read More
Election Denial Is a Losing Strategy
Is a durable majority for safe and secure elections emerging? → Read More
Send Election Deniers a Message
Voting is the best answer to voter intimidation, election disruption, and sabotage. → Read More
Guns Don’t Belong at Polling Locations
The Second Amendment doesn’t protect voter intimidation. → Read More
Politics for Sale
Citizens United lets billionaires set the terms of debate. → Read More
Don't Mess With Texas Voters
The fight is on to stop the Lone Star State’s disastrous new voting laws. → Read More
Reform the Insurrection Act
The ancient law gives way too much power to one person. → Read More
Florida's Election Police Come Up Empty
These aren’t election criminals. They’re victims of a broken system. → Read More