Reporting on the key rules, people, and systems behind our elections.

Former chief election official Trey Grayson compares how Georgia, Kentucky, and Arizona use different approaches to verifying the citizenship from voters, and what states can learn from each about implementing best practices. youtu.be/ZtQQzVzu8uY

The Postal Service has followed through on President Trump's executive order to propose new federal standards and requirements for mail-in voting on the 50 states. Legal expert and former Maricopa County (Ariz.) recorder Stephen Richer talks about the merits and practicality of them, as well as the actual reasons why vote-counting takes so long in California, with Declare editor Chris Deaton. declarenews.org/how-trumps-e…

The likely Republican nominee for governor in the nation’s most populous state is balancing frank criticism of California’s election rules with honesty about the results. declarenews.org/steve-hilton…

Lessons for how states can increase confidence while still being careful, accurate, and fair. declarenews.org/three-exampl…

The chief election official in one of America's biggest college towns talks about the task of communicating to voters. declarenews.org/who-thinks-a…

Inaccurate characterizations of a very real error obscure what the public should know about how it gets fixed. declarenews.org/marylands-ma…

Declare tours a county of around 57,000 residents with the local election official responsible for organizing their primary election. declarenews.org/prepping-for…

America’s top Postal Service expert cuts through the noise found on social media — answering earnest questions, and providing historical context and the facts. declarenews.org/the-real-sto…

With the latest round being attempted after a Supreme Court decision, there’s a question of who this actually is supposed to benefit. Some recent polling suggests that the voters don’t believe it’s them. declarenews.org/what-do-amer…

A 2024 law that did away with a method for counting votes didn't create a necessary process for replacing it. Now against an implementation deadline with no solution, officials are uncertain — but the lesson is clear. declarenews.org/elections-fa…

Kentucky’s Secretary of State, Michael Adams talks to Declare about his experience with voter rolls and the Justice Department, federalism in elections, and more.

Congressman Mike Bost (R-Ill.) shares his takeaways from a letter that the Postal Service sent in response to his and 12 of his colleagues’ questions about agency policy which could delay the delivery of time-sensitive mail, including mail-in ballots. Bost sums up the USPS’s position on the matter as a “misunderstanding,” but local officials continue to have questions amid primary election season. Declare's Miranda Combs reports.