We are tracking 1,320 election bills so far this session across 41 states, with 230 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 651 bills that improve voter access or election administration.
Disenfranchisement & Rights Restoration
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, January 29th 2024
We are tracking 1199 election bills so far this session across 40 states, with 206 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 608 bills that improve voter access or election administration.
The Top Ten Election Laws of 2023
Ahead of the 2024 election, state lawmakers continued to change the rules of our elections this year. While some states, such as Michigan, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania, adopted measures that will improve voter access and election administration in 2023, others moved in the opposite direction.
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, December 11
We are tracking 1,980 election bills so far this session across all 50 states, with 416 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 944 bills that improve voter access or election administration.
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, December 4
We are tracking 1,975 election bills so far this session across all 50 states, with 414 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 943 bills that improve voter access or election administration.
How State Laws Complicate the Right to Vote While Incarcerated
In this month’s Hot Policy Take, we take a look at the current landscape of voting access for eligible incarcerated citizens, how states are addressing these significant barriers, and what lies ahead in this often overlooked policy issue.
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, November 13
We are tracking 1,965 bills so far this session across all 50 states, with 411 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 940 bills that improve voter access or election administration.
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, November 6
We are tracking 1,940 bills so far this session across all 50 states, with 408 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 923 bills that improve voter access or election administration.
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...