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Restrictive State Voter ID & Proof of Citizenship Bills Near the Finish Line, But Not All Have Passed

June 19, 2025June 19, 2025

Voting Rights Lab reports there were 59 state bills introduced on proof of citizenship for voter registration this year, and 160 bills concerning voter ID. A handful have made it near the finish line, including in New Hampshire, Texas and Nevada, but not all have passed.

Citizen Ballot Initiatives Help Voters Bypass Extreme Legislatures. But Expect More Attempts to Block Those Initiatives in 2025

April 14, 2025April 14, 2025

As voters turn to ballot initiatives to bypass extreme legislatures, legislatures are manipulating initiative rules to protect their partisan power. Expect more such attacks on direct democracy in 2025.

Citizen Ballot Initiatives Help Voters Bypass Extreme Legislatures. But Expect More Attempts to Block Those Initiatives in 2025

December 23, 2024December 23, 2024

Eleven Years After Shelby County v. Holder, Unfettered Anti-Voter Legislatures are Stripping Voting Rights at an Alarming Rate

June 25, 2024June 26, 2024

June 25th is the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s infamous Shelby County v. Holder decision. It stripped federal oversight of states with a history of discrimination from the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Since then, over 100 restrictive voting bills have been passed by state legislatures.

Election Workers Quitting Over Intimidation; Some States Are Taking Action To Protect Them

January 30, 2023January 30, 2023

We’re spending a second day in Arizona, where a seasoned election official resigned last week citing a hostile workplace. That hostility, though, extends beyond Arizona and throughout the United States, and bipartisan bills are being filed in some states to protect an election workforce put at risk by disinformation.