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Battleground 2024: How Swing States Changed Voting Rules After the 2020 Election
VRL’s newest report — “Battleground 2024: How Swing States Changed Voting Rules After the 2020 Election” examines how key changes in voting policy in eight swing states could have significant impacts on the 2024 election.
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, October 2
We are tracking 1,907 bills so far this session across all 50 states, with 399 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 907 bills that improve voter access or election administration. The rest are neutral, mixed, or unclear in their impact.
The 2023 Elections: What’s New and What’s At Stake
We’re living through an extraordinary era in election law – and we have the data to prove it. Since 2020, well over 5,000 election bills have been introduced, reshaping the conversation – and well over 500 new laws have been enacted that have cumulatively transformed...
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, August 21
We are tracking 1,886 bills so far this session across all 50 states, with 397 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 898 bills that improve voter access or election administration.
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, August 14
We are tracking 1,885 bills so far this session across all 50 states, with 397 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 898 bills that improve voter access or election administration.
Enduring Outcomes of 2020: State Control And Local Elections
Since the 2020 election, state legislators and executives in several states have ramped up efforts to seize control of local election administration.
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, July 3
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10 Years Since Shelby County v. Holder: Where We Are and Where We’re Heading
In this month’s Hot Policy Take, we take a closer look at Shelby County v. Holder, and how it sparked waves of election laws that restrict voting access across the country today – restrictive laws that often disproportionately harm voters of color.
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Tuesday, June 20
Today is Tuesday, June 20. We are tracking 1,860 bills so far this session across all 50 states, with 394 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 886 bills that improve voter access or election administration.