President Trump has long claimed, without evidence, that different aspects of our elections are infected with voter fraud. He and his allies have pushed similar false narratives about noncitizen voting, voter impersonation, and double voting in order to enact laws that reduce turnout and discredit adverse election results. Here are 10 of the most egregious voter fraud claims of the past five years.

On Sunday, a federal court ruled that a law requiring people to pay off fees and other costs related to past felony convictions before their voting rights are restored is unconstitutional. The decision makes clear that hundreds of thousands of Floridians who were barred from voting by the law are in fact eligible to vote. This is a historic win!

President Trump recently threatened to withhold federal funds from Michigan in response to the secretary of state promising to deliver absentee ballot applications to all of Michigan’s voters. As a matter of public policy, the pronouncement is damaging and nonsensical. As a matter of propaganda, however, it makes more sense. The president managed to cram numerous inaccuracies, falsehoods, and hypocrisies into a single tweet.

The 2020 presidential campaign has become more virtual than real. What does the loss of so many campaign rituals mean for democracy? Are we merely dealing with the eroding of tradition, or is something more substantial being lost because of the campaign limitations imposed by the virus? Brennan Center Fellow Walter Shapiro looks at what Covid-19 means for rallies, conventions, and media coverage.

There is growing buzz around the potential for internet voting as states struggle to prepare to conduct safe and fair elections. However, there couldn’t be a worse time to try to add a risky, unproven technology to elections, particularly when we know that hostile actors have not given up on disrupting our democracy. Read why online voting cannot be a solution to voting during the pandemic.

Is the ‘Deep State’ Real?: David Rohde on Accountability in Intelligence Agencies
Tuesday, June 9 | 6:00-7:00 p.m. ET | This is a virtual event.
President Trump and his allies accuse an unelected “deep state” of undercutting his administration, while his opponents allege that those very officials have facilitated presidential abuses of power. In his new book, In Deep: The FBI, the CIA, and the Truth about America's “Deep State,” Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist David Rohde investigates whether those agencies and the politicians charged with overseeing them have protected the public or abused their power. He’ll be joined by Brennan Center Fellow Mike German, a former FBI special agent and an advocate of intelligence reform. RSVP today.

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What We’re Reading
Lauren-Brooke Eisen, director of the Brennan Center’s Justice program, recommends Will the Coronavirus Make Us Rethink Mass Incarceration?, an in-depth story about efforts to get people out of jails and prisons during the pandemic and who is being left behind.