Carrie Levine

Carrie Levine

Managing Editor

Carrie Levine is Votebeat's managing editor. She was previously a senior reporter for the Center for Public Integrity, where she covered voting access, money in politics and influence. Before that, she was research director at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), a nonpartisan watchdog group. She previously reported and edited for Legal Times and the National Law Journal, the Charlotte Observer. A graduate of Boston University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she is based in Washington, D.C.

In several swing states, control of legislative chambers — and agendas — is on the ballot in November.

As House Republicans push again for a national proof-of-citizenship law, some states remove voters they have flagged as noncitizens — perhaps incorrectly.

In Arizona, GOP challenges Congress’ power over elections; In Chicago, Democrats refocus on voting rights legislation.

After ‘activist rulemaking’ in Georgia, experts are still confident officials can thwart local efforts to interfere with finalizing presidential results.

Behind our seemingly democratic primary elections is a system that makes a Biden-Harris shuffle possible.

Democrats have enough time to decide on a new nominee without a risk to ballot deadlines for the November election.

They’ve been confronting the threat of politically motivated violence for years. Now, they must go further to protect and reassure voters.

An impending Supreme Court ruling may help define the limits of the First Amendment, and the government’s power to police online falsehoods.

The laws have created a minefield for administrators — and the groups that have traditionally helped them.

From Arizona to Pennsylvania, Votebeat’s coverage has led to reforms that make democracy function better.