Despite the 2020 election being the most secure in our nation’s history and drawing historic turnout, President Donald Trump and his allies are continuing to spread harmful disinformation. Just last night, we learned that Sen. Mitch McConnell is using the latest economic relief bill to try to delegitimize the 2020 election, wasting taxpayer money to investigate disproven notions about voter fraud.

As an engaged member of our community, you know the Brennan Center has a long history of fighting against debunked and dangerous voter fraud conspiracy theories. Politicians like McConnell just won’t let them go. But neither will we. In 2021, we will keep up our fight to build a democracy where every voice is heard. And we need your help.

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In the coming year, the Biden administration and Congress will have the chance to build a more democratic, just, and free country by enacting historic voting rights and election reform, passing federal legislation to end mass incarceration, and more. Here are 10 ways the federal government can make 2021 a year of meaningful change.

As the year ends and the Georgia run-off election gets underway, we should take a moment to look back at the election of 2020. The end-of-the-republic doomsday scenarios we collectively worried about did not materialize, but voters still experienced suppression and other challenges that we should not tolerate. We need to learn from where we came up short — paying close attention to those communities that have traditionally faced barriers — and do even better next time.

Last week, New York became the 19th state to pass automatic voter registration (AVR), a policy that makes voter registration “opt-out” instead of “opt-in.” More than a third of Americans live in a jurisdiction that has either passed or implemented AVR, giving them better access to the ballot. Particularly at a time when many states have enacted restrictive voting laws, AVR is a needed reform.

President-Elect Joe Biden says he opposes capital punishment and is ready to do something about it. He’ll have the power to empty federal death row, direct the Justice Department to instruct U.S. attorneys not to pursue capital charges for federal crimes, and order the completion of a death penalty study left unfinished during the Obama administration. Whether he decides to exercise this authority and spend political capital in this fashion will likely provide us with an early look at the way he’ll approach the post-Trump era more generally, writes Brennan Center Fellow Andrew Cohen.

A county police department in Florida has created a list of kids it thinks could “fall into a life of crime.” Students can be added to this list if they get a D in a class, have three absences in a quarter, get a single discipline referral, or have experienced childhood trauma. Falling into any of these categories may warrant intervention, but it should come in the form of supportive services, not a potentially punitive label.