Amy Gardner

Washington, D.C.

National reporter

Education: University of Pennsylvania, BA in history

Amy Gardner is a national reporter covering voting on The Post's Democracy Team. She has worked at The Post since 2005, covering the Virginia suburbs, the 2010 midterms, the Tea Party revolution and the Republican primary field in the 2012 presidential election. Amy was a political editor for five years, and she returned to reporting in 2018. She is a member of The Post team that won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for coverage of Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, including its runup and aftermath. She previously worked at The News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C., the Daily Pres
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Republicans face backlash for lawsuits targeting overseas and military voting

House Democrats have asked Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to guarantee that overseas Americans, including those serving in the armed forces, retain their right to participate in U.S. elections.

October 14, 2024
Allegheny County workers scan mail-in and absentee ballots at the Allegheny County Elections Division warehouse in Pittsburgh in November 2022.

Gateway Pundit settles with Georgia election workers in defamation suit

The Gateway Pundit settled a lawsuit with Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, two Georgia election workers whom the site falsely accused of manipulating 2020 election results.

October 10, 2024
Shaye Moss, left, and her mother, Ruby Freeman, on Dec. 15 in Washington, D.C., where a federal jury awarded them $148 million in damages in their defamation suit against Rudy Giuliani.

Republicans challenge legitimacy of overseas votes, including military

The Pennsylvania suit opens a front in GOP efforts to raise questions about the validity of mail-in ballots, targeting a group that had been seen as off-limits.

October 9, 2024
Ballots in boxes at the Philadelphia processing center on Nov. 8, 2022.

Trump’s Jan. 6 role back in focus as he readies new stolen election claims

The former president has faced renewed scrutiny over his attempts to overturn the 2020 vote, with the issue featuring in a debate, a legal filing and a campaign rally.

October 3, 2024
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Israeli American Council National Summit 2024 on Sept. 19.

As rioters stormed Capitol with Pence inside, Trump allegedly said ‘So what?’

In a filing that argues Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution, Jack Smith offered new details of the former president’s alleged efforts to overturn the election.

October 2, 2024
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at the Israeli-American Council summit on Sept. 19.

Vance refuses to say Trump lost in 2020, sparking debate’s biggest clash

Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz called Sen. JD Vance’s non-answer “damning” as the pair sparred over Jan. 6 and Trump’s refusal to concede defeat

October 1, 2024

Helene sets off a scramble to keep voting on track in North Carolina

The hurricane’s destruction creates a massive challenge for elections officials in a battleground state critical to the outcome of the presidential race.

October 1, 2024
People in Marshall, N.C., on Monday clean up debris from Hurricane Helene.

Inside the Mark Robinson debacle: Panic, blame and pressure on Trump

Top Republicans, including Donald Trump, long championed or enabled Mark Robinson, the gubernatorial nominee in North Carolina. Then it all came crashing down.

September 28, 2024
North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson walks onstage during a campaign event for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump inside Harrah’s Cherokee Center in Asheville, N.C., on Aug. 14.

Democrats take legal action against Georgia election board

Democrats are accusing three GOP members of the State Election Board of holding an illegal meeting and illegally passing rules critics say will sow chaos in the presidential race.

September 25, 2024
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) speaks before the debate between former president Donald Trump and President Joe Biden in Atlanta on June 27. (Kevin D. Liles for The Washington Post)

The new Georgia rule that could cause election chaos

Today, we head to Georgia, where the state election board recently approved a new rule requiring counties to hand-count ballots this November — a critical change in a battleground state that could potentially upend the presidential election.

September 24, 2024