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The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, March 14
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The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, March 7
Welcome back to our insiders’ legislative update. We’re extending a special hello to everyone joining us for the first time this week. Thank you for your interest. Please consider forwarding this email to colleagues and friends today so that we can get this valuable...
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Tuesday, February 22
Welcome to a special Tuesday edition of our weekly legislative update. Thank you to all of our readers for your continued interest and feedback. Please consider forwarding The Markup to colleagues and friends today so that we can get this valuable information into...
Showdown 2022: The State of State Election Law – and the Fights Ahead
In “Showdown 2022: The State of State Election Law – and the Fights Ahead,” we take a comprehensive look at where states landed on election-related policies by the end of 2021 – and forecast key issues that are already emerging in 2022 state legislative...
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, February 14
Welcome to The Markup, VRL's insider legislative update. Thanks to everyone who's been with us from the start – and to those of you just tuning in for the first week. Please consider forwarding The Markup to colleagues and friends today so that we can get this...
2021 Year in Review for Voting Rights: A Look Back at Voting Legislation in the States
Much of the attention over the 2021 and in the early weeks of 2022 has been on the failure of federal legislation to secure voting rights. But, as always, much of the movement has taken place at the state level. State legislatures proposed nearly three thousand bills...
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, January 24
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The Year in Review for Voting Rights: Five Achievements and Five Setbacks
2021 has been a historic year for voting rights policy. We tracked nearly 3,000 bills moving in all 50 states and D.C. this year, resulting in almost 300 new laws – both pro- and anti-voter. While voting rights advocates spent much of 2021 defending against attacks on...
DECEMBER UPDATE: A Tale of Two Democracies
The Voting Rights Lab made critical updates to its report, A Tale of Two Democracies, first released in June and updated in September, demonstrating how a wave of state legislation on voting rights and election administration is transforming our democracy, creating a...