Welcome to The Markup, an insider legislative update from the Voting Rights Lab. If you want to receive these weekly updates going forward, please be sure to subscribe. (It’s free!) Today is Monday, April 26. We're tracking 2,097 voting bills that have been introduced...
Liz Avore
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, April 19
Welcome to The Markup, an insider legislative update from the Voting Rights Lab. If you want to receive these weekly updates going forward, please be sure to subscribe. (It’s free!) Today is Monday, April 19. We're tracking 2,048 voting bills that have been...
Voting Restoration: A Spark of Hope in State Election Legislation
In the next week, Washington Governor Jay Inslee is expected to sign H.B. 1078/S.B. 5086 into law. This bill restores the right to vote to tens of thousands of Washingtonians with past felony convictions once they return home from prison. Once it becomes law, more...
The Quiet Attack on Drop Boxes: Another Tactic to Make it Harder to Vote
As those in the voting rights movement are well aware, states across the country rushed to adjust their election systems to allow for safe voting during the 2020 pandemic, in part by expanding access to absentee ballots. The Voting Rights Lab policy team tracked these...
The 2020 Backlash Begins: Early Trends in Photo ID Requirements for Absentee Voting
Record-breaking turnout in 2020, along with rampant misinformation spread after the election in an attempt to cast doubt on the results, has provoked some legislators into proposing new voter suppression methods. My team and I have been scouring pre-filed and recently...