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Returning, Verifying, and Curing Mail Ballots
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, May 17
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The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, May 10
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The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, May 3
This is the eighth edition of The Markup, VRL's insider legislative update. We're grateful to our loyal readers like you. Will you help get this update into more hands by sharing it now? If you'd like to get these weekly updates straight to your inbox going forward,...
No Comparison: Pitting Laws in New York Against Georgia’s Election Legislation is a False Argument
In the wake of the passage of Georgia’s sweeping anti-voter legislation, some have been quick to draw comparisons between Georgia’s bill and laws on the books in blue states — particularly New York. Comparing Georgia’s enacted legislation to New York’s current law is...
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, April 26
Welcome to The Markup, an insider legislative update from the Voting Rights Lab. If you want to receive these weekly updates going forward, please be sure to subscribe. (It’s free!) Today is Monday, April 26. We're tracking 2,097 voting bills that have been introduced...
The For the People Act
Download our brief on H.R.1/S.1 here. H.R.1/S.1 protects our freedom to vote Better in-person voting On Election Day for the 2020 general election, around 30% of likely voters took at least 30 minutes to vote. About 15% (more than 8 million voters) took an hour or...
The Quiet Attack on Drop Boxes: Another Tactic to Make it Harder to Vote
As those in the voting rights movement are well aware, states across the country rushed to adjust their election systems to allow for safe voting during the 2020 pandemic, in part by expanding access to absentee ballots. The Voting Rights Lab policy team tracked these...
The 2020 Backlash Begins: Early Trends in Photo ID Requirements for Absentee Voting
Record-breaking turnout in 2020, along with rampant misinformation spread after the election in an attempt to cast doubt on the results, has provoked some legislators into proposing new voter suppression methods. My team and I have been scouring pre-filed and recently...
Recommendations for Expanding Vote by Mail During a Pandemic
Executive Summary Our election system is unprepared for the current pandemic. The only way to ensure the continued functioning of our democracy and the safety of our citizens is for every state to provide every American with access to a mail ballot. Yet in order for...