How State Legislatures Are Refining Their Efforts to Manipulate Elections Since the 2020 election, Voting Rights Lab has tracked over 6,300 pieces of election legislation, including over 600 bills and resolutions that have become law across all 50 states and D.C. We...
2023 Legislative Session
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, December 18
We are tracking 1,982 bills so far this year across all 50 states, with 416 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 944 bills that improve voter access or election administration.
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.
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, December 4
We are tracking 1,975 election bills so far this session across all 50 states, with 414 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 943 bills that improve voter access or election administration.
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.
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, November 13
We are tracking 1,965 bills so far this session across all 50 states, with 411 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 940 bills that improve voter access or election administration.
The Markup: Weekly Election Legislation Update for Monday, November 6
We are tracking 1,940 bills so far this session across all 50 states, with 408 bills that restrict voter access or election administration and 923 bills that improve voter access or election administration.
North Carolina’s Siege on Voting Access and Election Administration
North Carolina continues to be among the most contested political battleground states in the country. It’s been identified by the University of Virginia's Center on Politics as one of the eight most competitive states in the 2024 presidential election after President...