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Alabama Bill Criminalizing Assistance with Absentee Voting Dies in State Senate

June 7, 2023June 7, 2023

What some call “ballot harvesting,” others consider essential help to seniors, nursing care patients and the disabled. That’s why Democracy advocates are relieved that the Alabama legislature’s HB 209 died Tuesday before reaching the Senate floor.

New MIT Voter Survey on 2022 Midterm Shows Rebounding Confidence in Process & Shifts in Methods of Voting

June 5, 2023June 5, 2023

In May, the MIT Election Data & Science Lab released its Survey of the Performance of American Elections for the 2022 midterms. A majority of both in-person and mail-in voters expressed satisfaction with the voting process, but HOW voters voted shifted again from 2020 to 2022.

North Carolina Legislators Propose Boilerplate Bills Suppressing Mail-in and Election Day Registration Voters

June 4, 2023June 4, 2023

We’re in North Carolina today awaiting action by the U.S. Supreme Court on Moore vs. Harper, the Independent State Legislature theory test case, and we just learned about a new bill shortening mail-in ballot deadlines and implementing provisional ballots for election-day registrants.

The Texas Legislature’s Session Ends May 29th with Democracy Bills Pending at the Deadline

May 25, 2023May 25, 2023

May 29th ends the Texas legislature’s term, and we have a little bit of good news, some bad news, and some hopeful news. On the upside, more funding for poll workers and improvements to mail-in voting. On the downside, withdrawal from ERIC, the voter registration crosscheck system.

Voting Options & Poll Worker Protection Laws Move Forward in Delaware, Connecticut & Oklahoma

May 8, 2023May 9, 2023

We have three pro-Democracy stories out of Delaware, Connecticut and Oklahoma today, two proposing to expand voting options, and one just signed to protect poll workers from intimidation.