Since 2007, Project Vote has provided the public with the tools to monitor the passage of voting rights laws across the country, with free access to our lists of bills and analyses.
The interactive index of bills below is curated, analyzed, and summarized by Project Vote’s election administration experts, and regularly updated for you to access at any time. You can search by state and by issue, and track bills according to whether they are—in our analysis—likely to help or hinder the ability of eligible Americans to vote.
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Project Vote Letter on New Mexico Voter ID bill HB 312
Project Vote wrote a letter in opposition of New Mexico voter ID bill, HB 312. Read more
New Study Confirms Worst Fear About Voter ID Laws
Project Vote has monitored voter ID legislation since 2007. At the time, there was little information on the impact of voter... Read more
Wisconsin Wants You to Register to Vote—Unless You’re Poor, or a Person of Color
Don't let the online registration fool you: a proposed Wisconsin law would be a disaster for voter registration. Read more
Legislative Threats and Opportunities Update
Last week, in his final State of the Union Address, President Obama indicated his interest in modernizing our election system... Read more
Advocates Call on Maryland General Assembly to Restore the Vote for 40,000 People
Last year, lawmakers, community organizations, and religious, civil rights, and racial justice leaders undertook an important effort to restore voting... Read more
Legislative Threats and Opportunities: Fall 2015
In latest edition of our Threats and Opportunities series, Erin Ferns Lee examines the status of important election bills—harmful and helpful—that were introduced in 2015. Read more
Legislative Threats and Opportunities: Spring 2015
To date in 2015, lawmakers in 24 states have proposed at least 52 bills that threaten voting rights, while lawmakers in 36 states have proposed to improve election administration in some way... Read more
Election Legislation: Legislative Threats and Opportunities, October 2014.
In this report, Erin Ferns Lee reviews both the threats and opportunities represented by election bills that have been introduced in the state legislatures and Congress in fall 2014, based on Project Vote’s bill monitoring project, discussions with state-based advocates, recent media coverage, and the partisan makeup of the legislatures and state election directors. Read more
Election Legislation 2014: Threats and Opportunities, May 2014
In this report, Erin Ferns Lee reviews both the threats and opportunities represented by election bills that have been introduced in the state legislatures and Congress in spring 2014, based on Project Vote’s bill monitoring project, discussions with state-based advocates, recent media coverage, and the partisan makeup of the legislatures and state election directors. Read more
Election Legislation 2013: Legislative Threats and Opportunities, September 2013
In this report, Erin Ferns Lee reviews both the threats and opportunities represented by election bills that have been introduced in U.S. Congress and the states in fall 2013, based on Project Vote’s bill monitoring project, discussions with state-based advocates, recent media coverage, and the partisan makeup of the legislatures and state election directors. Read more