The Markup is our weekly insights and analysis of the latest in election law and policy. We’re currently tracking 903 bills this session across 47 states.
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The Markup: February 10, 2025
The Markup is our weekly insights and analysis of the latest in election law and policy. We’re currently tracking 799 bills this session across 44 states.
The Markup: February 3, 2025
The Markup is our weekly insights and analysis of the latest in election law and policy. We’re currently tracking 656 bills prefiled or introduced this session across 40 states.
State of Emergency: Ensuring Accessible Elections Post-Disaster
Different states have in place established laws and procedures to address potential disruptions to elections due to natural disasters or unforeseen events.
Summer Watchlist: Legislative Trends Shaping Elections in 2024
State lawmakers have continued changing the rules governing our elections ahead of the 2024 elections. Learn about three relevant trends in recent legislation.
New Laws Risk Purging Eligible Voters in Advance of This Year’s Elections
We identify some states where new rules risk purging eligible citizens from the rolls, as well as solutions that enable states to clean up the rolls without compromising the rights of qualified voters.
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, March 18, 2024
We are tracking 1,655 election bills so far this session across 44 states and D.C., with 290 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 837 bills that improve voter access or election administration.
The Truth about False Claims of Noncitizen Voting
Although there is no evidence that the current systems are not working, or that noncitizen voting is a problem, some states are currently considering – and adopting – new laws that go too far, risking purges of U.S. citizens from their voter registration lists.
Ballot Hand Counts Lead to Inaccuracy
In recent years, a troubling trend in voting policy has emerged: efforts by state legislators to either ban the use of electronic tabulators or impose unworkable requirements on their operation, effectively requiring ballots to be counted by hand.
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.