The Markup is our weekly insights and analysis of the latest in election law and policy. We’re currently tracking 799 bills this session across 44 states.
Voting Rights Lab
The Markup: February 3, 2025
The Markup is our weekly insights and analysis of the latest in election law and policy. We’re currently tracking 656 bills prefiled or introduced this session across 40 states.
The Markup: January 27, 2025
The Markup is our weekly insights and analysis of the latest in election law and policy. We’re currently tracking 531 bills prefiled or introduced this session across 35 states.
There Are Ways to Modernize Our Elections. The SAVE Act Isn’t One of Them.
Rigorous checks and balances in our election system ensured the 2024 election was free and fair – leading to a significant uptick in trust in our election system across the political spectrum. Despite high confidence in the accuracy of the election results, however,...
The Markup: January 21, 2025
The Markup is Voting Rights Lab’s weekly insights and analysis of the latest in election law and policy. We’re currently tracking 417 bills prefiled or introduced this session across 31 states.
The Markup: January 13, 2025
We are tracking 338 bills prefiled or introduced this session across 23 states. 69 of these bills restrict voter access or election administration; 158 improve voter access or election administration.
Reforms and Restrictions: A Year of Contrasts in Election Law & Policy
Our final analysis of 2024 highlights key trends in election law and policy shaping our elections now and in the future.
How State Election Laws Shaped Voting Patterns in 2024
The 2024 election offers the first look at how reforms passed in the wake of the 2020 election are impacting voter behavior and election administration.
State and Federal Law Ensures Only Citizens Can Vote in U.S. Elections
This fact sheet describes the current systems that ensure only U.S. citizens vote in U.S. elections.
The Shapeshifting Threat of Election Interference
How State Legislatures Are Refining Their Efforts to Manipulate Elections Since the 2020 election, Voting Rights Lab has tracked over 6,300 pieces of election legislation, including over 600 bills and resolutions that have become law across all 50 states and D.C. We...