To date in 2022, 14 states have introduced 46 bills that would escalate the investigation or prosecution of purported election crimes.
Pennsylvania
Election Subversion Threats: 2024 Battleground States
Recent reporting has made it all the more clear just how close we came to having the will of the American people overturned by politicians and accomplices willing to do anything to cling to power. What held back the dam? As journalist Barton Gellman explained in The...
The Year in Review for Voting Rights: Five Achievements and Five Setbacks
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...
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, December 13
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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...
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, November 15
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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, October 25
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The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, October 18
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The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, October 4
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