Today is Monday, July 31. 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.
Alabama
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.
States Move In Opposite Directions on Voter Registration & List Maintenance
In this month’s Hot Policy Take, we take a look at how certain states are suddenly bringing the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), a widely trusted election list tool, under scrutiny, along with other changes in voter list maintenance happening around the country.
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, May 8
We are tracking 1,765 bills so far this session across all 50 states, with 380 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 831 bills that improve voter access or election administration. The rest are neutral, mixed, or unclear in their impact.
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, May 1
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From Momentum to a Moment: Restoring the Vote to Those with Past Convictions
A decades-old conviction can deny a citizen’s access to the ballot box in some states – sometimes even for a lifetime. In fact, in the U.S. today, 4.6 million citizens – more than the entire population of the metropolitan areas of Seattle or Tampa – cannot vote...
Voting with Student ID in 2023: The State of the Law & Pending Legislation
Download a PDF of this fact sheet here. Just five states [1] have laws that require voter ID to cast a ballot and expressly forbid the use of student ID cards as a form of voter ID. In a sixth state, Arizona, the law allows for student ID cards to serve as voter ID if...
The State of State Election Law Since 2020
The years since the 2020 election were the most prolific for election law in recent history, with new laws impacting how people vote and how our elections are run enacted in nearly every state across the country. In the two years since the 2020 election, nearly every...
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, November 21
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The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, October 17
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