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.
New York
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, March 4
We are tracking 1,615 election bills so far this session across 43 states and D.C., with 286 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 816 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, February 26 2024
We are tracking 1,597 election bills so far this session across 43 states and D.C., with at least 284 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and at least 802 bills that improve voter access or election administration.
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, February 12th 2024
We are tracking 1,377 election bills so far this session across 43 states, with 245 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 676 bills that improve voter access or election administration.
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, January 22nd
We are tracking 1,084 election bills so far this session across 40 states, with 183 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 550 bills that improve voter access or election administration.
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Tuesday, January 16th
We are tracking 1,000 bills so far this session across 36 states, with 169 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 510 bills that improve voter access or election administration.
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, January 8th
We are tracking 947 bills so far this session across 34 states, with 154 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 489 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, October 2
We are tracking 1,907 bills so far this session across all 50 states, with 399 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 907 bills that improve voter access or election administration. The rest are neutral, mixed, or unclear in their impact.
The Merits – and the Rise – of Vote Centers
In this month’s Hot Policy Take, we take a look at how states are shifting the role that vote centers play – or don’t play – in our local elections. While much less prevalent than changes to options like drop boxes or mail voting, since the 2020 election, nearly 100 bills concerning vote centers have been introduced in states around the country.