The pandemic made the 2020 presidential election look far different from previous elections: a record number of voters cast their ballots by mail and before Election Day, and the share of voters going to a polling place on Election Day dropped to its lowest point in...
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The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, May 13, 2024
We are tracking 1,737 election bills so far this session across 44 states and D.C., with 304 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 870 bills that improve voter access or election administration.
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, April 8, 2024
We are tracking 1,702 election and voting bills so far this session across 44 states and D.C., with 300 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 851 bills that improve voter access or election administration.
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, April 1, 2024
We are tracking 1,691 election bills so far this session across 44 states and D.C., with 299 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 846 bills that improve voter access or election administration.
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.
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, February 5th 2024
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.
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.
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.