Mounting hostility around elections since 2020 has inspired several states to strengthen protections against guns at voting and vote-counting sites. A pathbreaking new bill in California goes further than any other legislation in classifying the presence of guns near voting sites as intimidating, establishing robust anti-intimidation protections for voters and election officials alike. Other states should follow California’s lead and shield elections from the risk of gun violence.

The United States’ weak data privacy protections have spawned a multibillion-dollar industry that collects, analyzes, and sells Americans’ information to advertisers, scammers, and even government agencies. Data brokers allow the government to bypass the warrant requirements of the Fourth Amendment and gain unfettered access to personal data, posing risks to privacy and freedoms of speech and association. As detailed in a new Brennan Center resource, bills introduced in Congress would help close this loophole and stop the government from buying its way around the public’s privacy rights.

On the campaign trail, Trump pledged to invoke an outdated wartime authority to deport massive numbers of noncitizens from the United States if reelected. The Alien Enemies Act can only be invoked when the nation is at war or under invasion, but courts might refuse to intervene regardless. To eliminate the threat, Congress should repeal this dangerous law.

Twenty major tech companies signed an accord last month promising to combat the harmful use of artificial intelligence in elections. Though the agreement’s voluntary commitments address some major worries, such as the spread of deceptive deepfakes, they don’t include benchmarks for measuring progress. With the 2024 election approaching, we need more than empty promises — we need accountability.