There are three key reasons for the variable timelines found across different states for counting and reporting election results.
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State of Emergency: Ensuring Accessible Elections Post-Disaster
Different states have in place established laws and procedures to address potential disruptions to elections due to natural disasters or unforeseen events.
Upholding the Will of the People: Understanding Election Certification
In this month’s Hot Policy Take, we take a deep dive into the process and protocols around election certification. We will illustrate how the laws across all 50 states are clear: certification is the stage where winners are simply declared.
The Shapeshifting Threat of Election Interference
Our newest report examines how election interference legislation has changed over the past three years, with special attention paid to Georgia and North Carolina.
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, April 22, 2024
We are tracking 1,722 election bills so far this session across 44 states and D.C., with 303 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 861 bills that improve voter access or election administration.
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, April 15, 2024
The governor of Idaho signed into law a bill restricting mail ballot return, while the state supreme court upheld two restrictive voter ID laws.
New State Legislative Efforts to Stem the Tide of AI-Generated Election Disinformation
In this month’s Hot Policy Take, we examine three states where such legislation concerning AI-generate election disinformation has advanced toward ultimate passage and implementation: Wisconsin, Florida, and Arizona.
The Truth about False Claims of Noncitizen Voting
Although there is no evidence that the current systems are not working, or that noncitizen voting is a problem, some states are currently considering – and adopting – new laws that go too far, risking purges of U.S. citizens from their voter registration lists.
Ballot Hand Counts Lead to Inaccuracy
In recent years, a troubling trend in voting policy has emerged: efforts by state legislators to either ban the use of electronic tabulators or impose unworkable requirements on their operation, effectively requiring ballots to be counted by hand.
Early Primary States: The Changed Voting Landscape
We’re taking a look at how primary voters in five critical early 2024 primary states (New Hampshire, South Carolina, Michigan, North Carolina, and Texas) will experience substantial changes from their experience voting in 2020.