There's a lot more that could go wrong than just whether your candidate wins or loses. Read more at Esquire.

Despite a flurry of legal action and very public disputes between members, Michigan has produced some of the fairest voting maps in the US. Read more at The Guardian.

Conservatives are sowing fears about outside funding of elections, cutting out nonprofits that help prop up poorly-funded voting systems and limiting voter outreach. Read more at Bolts.

Tuesday’s election to become Idaho’s secretary of state is the nation’s latest test of the sway of the Big Lie in a Republican primary. Read more at Bolts.

It can be nearly impossible for voters to make informed decisions on increasingly important judicial races. But that’s (slowly) starting to shift. Read more at VICE.

The Guardian has found that millions have been spent to implement and defend laws widely regarded to be discriminatory. Read more at The Guardian.

It’s against the law to assist a voter outside of the booth, the officer reminded them, so Velazquez stopped translating. “I didn’t want to do anything to risk this man’s opportunity to vote,” he said. “If I kept talking, I was thinking that maybe they’ll kick us out of line.” Read more at The Intercept.

Messy data and misrepresentations are rife in voting studies. Here’s how those mistakes have helped drive one of the most damaging conspiracy theories in politics. Read more at MIT Tech Review.

Progressives want the popular vote to be the only vote that matters. But if their dream comes true, will they get what they hope for? Read more at VICE.

It’s possible the pop star has joined the thousands of Americans who are disenfranchised each year due to ‘incompetence’ laws. Read more at The Guardian.

National guard members have assisted or are set to help in several states, raising concerns over the possibility of voter intimidation. Read more at The Guardian.

Guardian analysis finds those expected to vote Democrat nearly twice as likely to be flagged for removal from voting rolls. Read more at The Guardian.

Provisional ballots are supposed to be a failsafe. Instead, they’re just one part of a convoluted system keeping marginalized communities from exercising the right to vote. Read more at VICE.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said he intends to "leave no vacancy behind." But with the stakes so high, and the ramifications so indelible, why have Senate Democrats been so willing to let him? Read more at VICE.

After being controlled by the federal government for over a century, could Puerto Rico be on a path to statehood? Read more at Pacific Standard.

Taking a closer look at the neurological research on decision making, sociological research on civic knowledge, and psychological research on voting habits. Read more at Pacific Standard.

The Constitution doesn't bar non-citizens from voting, but when San Francisco opened up school elections to all residents, a conservative firestorm followed. Read more at Pacific Standard.

As more states expand absentee voting, elections boards must balance voter accessibility and ballot security. Read more at Pacific Standard.

States in the Deep South limit access to the polls. So does New York. Read more at Pacific Standard.

The Center for Civic Design’s Whitney Quesenbery breaks down the challenges of a design job in which tiny mistakes can ignite a constitutional crisis. Read more at AIGA.