Where the information on this site comes from
From public pages anyone can open: the law on official government sites, court opinions from the courts that wrote them, and the published work of the organizations and newsrooms listed here.
Every answer on this site comes from a page you can open yourself. The law comes first. After that, the organizations and newsrooms below, each named where it is used.
The law itself
The Constitution: constitution.congress.gov.
Federal law, the United States Code: uscode.house.gov.
Court opinions, from the court that issued them or from CourtListener.
The House's own rules and past decisions: House Practice and the House History, Art and Archives site.
Each state's election law and election office, from the state's own website.
Organizations
Brennan Center for Justice: how certification works in each state.
Campaign Legal Center: state certification rules and court cases.
Protect Democracy: what happens when officials refuse to certify.
States United Democracy Center: threats to elections in the states.
Democracy Docket: voting lawsuits, as they happen.
Election Law Blog: a daily record of election cases.
National Conference of State Legislatures: every state's rules, side by side.
Voting Rights Lab: new voting laws in each state.
League of Women Voters: voter guides and state leagues.
Fair Elections Center: who can vote, and poll workers.
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law: Election Protection, 866-OUR-VOTE.
Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights: civil rights and voting.
Southern Poverty Law Center: voting rights in the South.
Vote.org: deadlines and rules for voters.
Center for American Progress: democracy policy.
Democracy Forward: federal court cases.
Democracy Defenders Action: cases against election interference.
Electionline: election news from every state.
U.S. Election Assistance Commission: the federal agency that helps states run elections.
Newsrooms
AP · Reuters · PBS NewsHour · NPR · C-SPAN · The Wall Street Journal · The New York Times · The Washington Post · CNN · MS NOW · Fox News · Politico · ABC News · CBS News · NBC News · USA Today · Axios
More organizations
How to read a source line
A law is named by its title and section, with a link to the official text. A court case is named with its year. An organization's work is named with its title and date. A news story is named by the outlet and the date.