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2020 Presidential Election

Vox answers your biggest questions about the 2020 US presidential election.

How to avoid another election year like 2020
Politics

What America needs to do to avoid the next election crisis, according to a new report.

By Jen Kirby
America’s democracy is failing. Here’s why.America’s democracy is failing. Here’s why.
Politics

Four ways America’s system of government is rigged against democracy (and Democrats).

By Ian Millhiser
Joe Biden’s impossible missionJoe Biden’s impossible mission
Politics

The new president wants to unite a divided America. That’s even harder than it sounds.

By Ella Nilsen
Can the Republican Party be saved?Can the Republican Party be saved?
Politics

Why de-radicalizing the GOP is both urgent and extremely difficult.

By Sean Illing

The latest in 2020 Presidential Election

How Atlanta prosecutor Fani Willis took on Donald TrumpHow Atlanta prosecutor Fani Willis took on Donald Trump
Investigations into Donald Trump

The former president was charged with 13 counts in Georgia.

By Andrew Prokop
Trump’s Georgia indictment, briefly explainedTrump’s Georgia indictment, briefly explained
Investigations into Donald Trump

It’s the fourth time that Trump has been indicted.

By Nicole Narea
Trump was just indicted for trying to steal the 2020 electionTrump was just indicted for trying to steal the 2020 election
Investigations into Donald Trump

Your biggest questions about the federal criminal charges against Trump in the January 6 case, answered.

By Nicole Narea
The Georgia Trump election investigation keeps getting biggerThe Georgia Trump election investigation keeps getting bigger
Politics

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis could pursue charges using the state’s RICO law.

By Ellen Ioanes
Trump supporters storm the US Capitol: News and updatesTrump supporters storm the US Capitol: News and updates
Politics

A Trump rally calling to overturn the 2020 election results devolved into a breach of the Capitol.

By Vox Staff
Why a record-shattering settlement still might not change Fox NewsWhy a record-shattering settlement still might not change Fox News
Politics

Dominion is walking away with $787 million. That might not be enough to deter Fox News.

By Nicole Narea
Fox pays $787 million for its 2020 election liesFox pays $787 million for its 2020 election lies
Politics

Dominion Voting Systems will get $787 million of the $1.6 billion it originally sought.

By Nicole Narea and Andrew Prokop
Sean Hannity’s damning deposition in the Fox News defamation lawsuit, explainedSean Hannity’s damning deposition in the Fox News defamation lawsuit, explained
Politics

Will Fox News have to answer for its misleading coverage of the 2020 election?

By Nicole Narea
What the January 6 hearings accomplishedWhat the January 6 hearings accomplished
Politics

Further implanting the attack on the Capitol in the public memory might be the committee’s most vital function.

By Ben Jacobs
Alabama’s high-stakes Supreme Court fight over racial gerrymandering, explainedAlabama’s high-stakes Supreme Court fight over racial gerrymandering, explained
Politics

Merrill v. Milligan could eliminate one of the few remaining nationwide safeguards against rigged legislative maps.

By Ian Millhiser
How effective altruism went from a niche movement to a billion-dollar force
Future Perfect

Effective altruism has gone mainstream. Where does that leave it?

By Dylan Matthews
The post-legal Supreme CourtThe post-legal Supreme Court
Politics

What happens if the Court rejects the rule of law?

By Ian Millhiser
10 ways to fix a broken Supreme Court10 ways to fix a broken Supreme Court
Politics

Democrats don’t have the votes right now for major Supreme Court reform. But if they pick up seats, they could have many options.

By Ian Millhiser
A new Supreme Court case is the biggest threat to US democracy since January 6A new Supreme Court case is the biggest threat to US democracy since January 6
Politics

Moore v. Harper is a grave threat to US democracy, and the fate of that democracy probably comes down to Amy Coney Barrett.

By Ian Millhiser
The Supreme Court just handed down very bad news for Black votersThe Supreme Court just handed down very bad news for Black voters
Politics

Ardoin v. Robinson could foreshadow a new age of widespread racial gerrymandering.

By Ian Millhiser
Democracy in America is a rigged game
Politics

The Constitution was written to thwart Black freedom. But we can change the rules.

By Ian Millhiser
The Supreme Court is about to rule on another scary voting rights caseThe Supreme Court is about to rule on another scary voting rights case
Politics

A silly case about a minor paperwork error could snowball into a serious threat to the right to vote.

By Ian Millhiser
Clarence Thomas’s long fight against fair and democratic electionsClarence Thomas’s long fight against fair and democratic elections
Politics

Like wife, like husband.

By Ian Millhiser
Black voters suffer another significant loss in the Supreme CourtBlack voters suffer another significant loss in the Supreme Court
Politics

The justices are concerned that Wisconsin’s legislative maps may give too much political power to Black people.

By Ian Millhiser
A grand Supreme Court showdown over gerrymandering ends in a whimperA grand Supreme Court showdown over gerrymandering ends in a whimper
Politics

Republicans face a significant, but temporary, defeat in the Supreme Court.

By Ian Millhiser
The fate of American elections is in Amy Coney Barrett’s handsThe fate of American elections is in Amy Coney Barrett’s hands
Politics

A pair of cases on the Supreme Court’s “shadow docket” could eviscerate legal safeguards protecting free and fair elections.

By Ian Millhiser
The Supreme Court is not being honest with youThe Supreme Court is not being honest with you
Politics

Justice Amy Coney Barrett appears to be quite unfamiliar with her own judicial record, and that of her colleagues.

By Ian Millhiser
A Trump judge’s new decision would undo more than 50 years of voting rights lawA Trump judge’s new decision would undo more than 50 years of voting rights law
Politics

Trump Judge Lee Rudofsky’s decision could completely neutralize the Voting Rights Act when the GOP controls the White House.

By Ian Millhiser
The Supreme Court’s newest attack on voting rights, explainedThe Supreme Court’s newest attack on voting rights, explained
Politics

The Court’s median justice just made it much harder to stop attacks on the right to vote.

By Ian Millhiser
A new Supreme Court case could make it nearly impossible to stop racial gerrymandersA new Supreme Court case could make it nearly impossible to stop racial gerrymanders
Politics

The Court takes up its first big redistricting case since Republicans gained a 6-3 supermajority. What could go wrong?

By Ian Millhiser
The hideous legal obstacles facing DOJ’s new anti-gerrymandering lawsuit in TexasThe hideous legal obstacles facing DOJ’s new anti-gerrymandering lawsuit in Texas
Politics

The Biden administration makes a persuasive case that Texas violated the Voting Rights Act, but the Supreme Court hates the Voting Rights Act.

By Ian Millhiser
“We are going to make you beg for mercy”
Politics

America’s public servants face a wave of threats that reveal a democracy rotting from within.

By Zack Beauchamp
The nihilism of Neil Gorsuch
Politics

Trump’s first Supreme Court appointee’s radical vision to remake America, explained.

By Ian Millhiser
9 high-stakes issues SCOTUS will take up this term
Politics

Abortion, guns, regulation — conservatives are poised for a big year.

By Ian Millhiser
Texas’s voting bill inspired Democrats to flee. Here’s what made it into law.Texas’s voting bill inspired Democrats to flee. Here’s what made it into law.
Politics

The voting restrictions are less radical than in earlier bill versions.

By Ian Millhiser
Democrats have finally identified the greatest threat to voting rights — the Supreme CourtDemocrats have finally identified the greatest threat to voting rights — the Supreme Court
Politics

Nancy Pelosi is planning a vote on a bill that would undo many of the Court’s attacks on democracy.

By Ian Millhiser
Raphael Warnock’s plan to neutralize a GOP takeover of Georgia elections, explainedRaphael Warnock’s plan to neutralize a GOP takeover of Georgia elections, explained
Politics

Democracy in Georgia could hinge on battles over the state’s new voter suppression law.

By Ian Millhiser
The Arizona “audit” finally seems to be wrapping up. Prepare for a blizzard of disinformation.The Arizona “audit” finally seems to be wrapping up. Prepare for a blizzard of disinformation.
Explainers

Fittingly, the proceedings are ending with an investigation of a bizarre Trump conspiracy theory.

By Aaron Rupar
Georgia Republicans didn’t waste any time in using their new voter suppression lawGeorgia Republicans didn’t waste any time in using their new voter suppression law
Politics

Republicans have begun a legal process that could allow them to disenfranchise much of Atlanta.

By Ian Millhiser
How America lost its commitment to the right to vote
Politics

The Supreme Court isn’t even pretending that it’s bound by legal texts in its voting rights cases.

By Ian Millhiser
The next voting rights battleground is MichiganThe next voting rights battleground is Michigan
Politics

The Michigan GOP has an aggressive plan to suppress the vote — and to bypass the governor’s veto.

By Ian Millhiser
The GOP voting bill that literally caused Texas Democrats to flee the state, explainedThe GOP voting bill that literally caused Texas Democrats to flee the state, explained
Politics

Democrats hope to deny Texas Republicans the quorum they need to pass anti-voting legislation.

By Ian Millhiser
3 winners and 3 losers from the just-completed Supreme Court term
Politics

The biggest loser was democracy.

By Ian Millhiser
The Supreme Court leaves the Voting Rights Act alive — but only barelyThe Supreme Court leaves the Voting Rights Act alive — but only barely
Politics

Brnovich v. DNC is a bad opinion for voting rights. It’s also much better than could have been expected from a 6-3 conservative SCOTUS.

By Ian Millhiser
The DOJ’s lawsuit against Georgia’s voter suppression law is probably doomedThe DOJ’s lawsuit against Georgia’s voter suppression law is probably doomed
Politics

Blame John Roberts and Donald Trump.

By Ian Millhiser