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55 Congressional Research Service reports and publications

Executive Order on Elections: Legal Background and Court Challenges
2025-09-16 · Posts · LSB11368 · HTML available · PDF available
Campaign Finance: Supreme Court Scheduled to Consider Constitutionality of Coordinated Party Expenditure Limits
2025-09-03 · Posts · LSB11358 · HTML available · PDF available
Mid-Decade Congressional Redistricting: Key Issues
2025-08-11 · Resources · IF13082 · HTML available · PDF available
Redistricting: A Circuit Court Split Over Whether the Voting Rights Act Permits Vote Dilution Claims By Multiple Minority Groups
2025-04-30 · Posts · LSB11297 · HTML available · PDF available
Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act (SAVE Act, H.R. 22/S. 128) and Federal Voter Registration Policy and Law
2025-03-31 · Resources · IF12902 · HTML available · PDF available
Elections and Campaign Finance: Policy and Legal Background for Congress
2024-12-19 · Resources · IF12857 · HTML available · PDF available
Joint Session of Congress for Counting Electoral Votes for President
2024-12-10 · Reports · R48309 · HTML available · PDF available
Election 2024: Recent Court Rulings on Voting and Counting Ballots
2024-10-30 · Posts · LSB11244 · HTML available · PDF available
Supreme Court Term October 2023: A Review of Selected Major Rulings
2024-09-13 · Reports · R48180 · HTML available · PDF available
Disqualification of a Candidate for the Presidency, Part I: Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment as It Applies to the Presidency
2024-07-15 · Posts · LSB11094 · HTML available · PDF available
PACs and Super PACs in Federal Election Campaigns: Legal Framework
2024-06-17 · Resources · IF12691 · HTML available · PDF available
Campaign Finance Law and the U.S. Supreme Court
2024-05-31 · Infographics · IG10054 · HTML available · PDF available
Disqualification of a Candidate for the Presidency, Part II: Examining Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment as It Applies to Ballot Access
2024-04-04 · Posts · LSB11096 · HTML available · PDF available
Recent Developments in the Rights of Private Individuals to Enforce Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
2024-02-20 · Posts · LSB10954 · HTML available · PDF available
Allen v. Milligan: Supreme Court Holds That Alabama Redistricting Map Likely Violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act
2023-09-29 · Posts · LSB11002 · HTML available · PDF available
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Federal Election Campaigns: Legal Background and Constitutional Considerations for Legislation
2023-08-17 · Resources · IF12468 · HTML available · PDF available
H.R. 4563, the American Confidence in Elections Act (ACE Act): Legal Background
2023-07-21 · Resources · IF12453 · HTML available · PDF available
Campaign Finance Law: An Analysis of Key Issues, Recent Developments, and Constitutional Considerations for Legislation
2023-05-17 · Reports · R45320 · HTML available · PDF available
First Amendment Limitations on Disclosure Requirements
2023-04-26 · Resources · IF12388 · HTML available · PDF available
Term Limits for Members of Congress: Policy and Legal Overview
2023-03-10 · Resources · IF12343 · HTML available · PDF available
Elections and Voting: Policy and Legal Issues for the 118th Congress
2023-01-05 · Resources · IF12291 · HTML available · PDF available
Congressional Redistricting: Key Legal and Policy Issues
2022-11-16 · Resources · IF12250 · HTML available · PDF available
The Federal Contested Election Act: Overview and Recent Contests in the House of Representatives
2022-11-02 · Resources · IF11734 · HTML available · PDF available
State Legislatures, State Courts, and Federal Elections: U.S. Supreme Court to Consider Moore v. Harper
2022-11-01 · Posts · LSB10838 · HTML available
Supreme Court Invalidates Cap on Repayment of Candidate Loans Under the First Amendment: Considerations for Congress
2022-07-27 · Posts · LSB10796 · HTML available · PDF available
Voting Rights Act: Section 3(c) “Bail-In” Provision
2022-06-27 · Posts · LSB10771 · HTML available · PDF available
Campaign Finance and the First Amendment: Supreme Court Considers Constitutionality of Limits on Repayment of Candidate Loans
2022-04-26 · Posts · LSB10734 · HTML available · PDF available
Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Voting Rights Act Challenge to Congressional Redistricting Map and Stays Lower Court Ruling: Implications for Congress
2022-02-22 · Posts · LSB10699 · HTML available · PDF available
The John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2021, S. 4 (117th Congress): Legal Overview
2022-01-10 · Resources · IF12015 · HTML available · PDF available
The Supreme Court’s October 2020 Term: A Review of Selected Major Rulings
2021-09-14 · Reports · R46910 · HTML available · PDF available
Congressional Redistricting 2021: Legal Framework
2021-09-10 · Posts · LSB10639 · HTML available · PDF available
Voting Rights Act: Supreme Court Provides “Guideposts” for Determining Violations of Section 2 in Brnovich v. DNC
2021-07-14 · Posts · LSB10624 · HTML available · PDF available
Supreme Court Considers Standard for Voting Rights Act Claims
2021-03-18 · Posts · LSB10583 · HTML available · PDF available
Political Campaign Contributions and Congress: A Legal Primer
2020-09-08 · Reports · R46521 · HTML available
Election 2020 and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Legal Issues in Absentee and All-Mail Voting
2020-05-15 · Posts · LSB10470 · HTML available · PDF available
Appeals Court Says First Amendment Limits Regulation of Online Political Advertising: Implications for Congress
2020-01-10 · Posts · LSB10393 · HTML available · PDF available
Campaign Finance Law: Disclosure and Disclaimer Requirements for Political Campaign Advertising
2019-12-30 · Resources · IF11398 · HTML available · PDF available
Supreme Court October Term 2018: A Review of Selected Major Rulings
2019-08-23 · Reports · R45884 · HTML available · PDF available
Partisan Gerrymandering Claims Not Subject to Federal Court Review: Considerations Going Forward
2019-07-05 · Posts · LSB10324 · HTML available · PDF available
Continuing Legal Education: What’s Required and Opportunities for Members and Staff to Satisfy Those Requirements
2019-03-25 · Posts · LSB10278 · HTML available
Supreme Court Once Again Considers Partisan Gerrymandering: Implications and Legislative Options
2019-03-18 · Posts · LSB10276 · HTML available
History and Enforcement of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
2019-03-12 · Testimony · TE10033 · HTML available · PDF available
Campaign Finance: Key Policy and Constitutional Issues
2018-12-03 · Resources · IF11034 · HTML available
Supreme Court Rules Ohio Voter Roll Law Comports with National Voter Registration Act
2018-07-24 · Posts · LSB10175 · HTML available
Partisan Gerrymandering: Supreme Court Provides Guidance on Standing and Maintains Legal Status Quo
2018-07-02 · Posts · LSB10164 · HTML available
Commerce Department Announces Citizenship Question on 2020 Census and Lawsuits Filed
2018-04-06 · Posts · LSB10114 · HTML available
Supreme Court Considering Second Partisan Gerrymandering Case This Term
2018-04-02 · Posts · LSB10110 · HTML available
Supreme Court to Hear Voter Roll Case: What Are the Implications?
2018-01-09 · Posts · LSB10053 · HTML available
Supreme Court To Hear Partisan Gerrymandering Case On October 3
2017-10-02 · Posts · LSB10006 · HTML available
Congressional Redistricting Law: Background and Recent Court Rulings
2017-03-23 · Reports · R44798 · HTML available