As the 2026 midterm elections approach, courts across the country are considering disputes that could affect how votes are cast, counted, and certified. Three areas of litigation are particularly worth watching as Election Day draws closer.

ERN's Heather Balas briefed congressional staffers on the Fair Rules, Fair Maps initiative, sponsored by the Congressional Problem Solvers Caucus, to put an end to redistricting once and for all.

ERN Executive Director Kevin Johnson joined members of Congress at the Capitol this week for the launch of the Problem Solvers Caucus’ bipartisan redistricting reform package.

We trust secretaries of state to administer elections impartially, even though most are chosen through partisan contests that reward the very political pressures they are expected to resist.

All-party primaries are a proven institutional reform that can increase competition, broaden participation, improve representation, and reduce the outsized influence of narrow electorates and ideological donors