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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,...
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...
Protecting Public Health in the 2020 Elections
Report Summary COVID-19 has affected the way we live and work—and inevitably, it will affect the way we vote this November as well. The Union of Concerned Scientists, the UCLA Voting Rights Project and the Voting Rights Lab will be co-releasing a report from...
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...