2021 has been a historic year for voting rights policy. We tracked nearly 3,000 bills moving in all 50 states and D.C. this year, resulting in almost 300 new laws – both pro- and anti-voter. While voting rights advocates spent much of 2021 defending against attacks on...
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The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, November 22
Scheduling note: We’ll be back with the next edition of The Markup on Monday, December 6. This week, we’re pausing to give thanks. We’re especially grateful to you, our loyal readers and those of you just joining us this week. Please forward this email along to...
Movement Victories: Stopping the Bad and Highlighting the Good
As we wrap up the 2021 legislative sessions in most states, let’s take stock of our movement’s victories. Voting rights advocates and organizers successfully ensured that some of the most restrictive policies failed. They also moved forward reforms across the country...
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, May 17
Welcome to 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 with two or three colleagues? If you received this email from someone else and you’d like to get these...
COVID-19 and States of Emergency
The resources below detail the steps taken by state and local officials to prepare for the 2020 elections during the COVID-19 pandemic. State and Local Response Database Throughout 2020, we tracked state and local responses to the pandemic – a mix of executive orders,...