This week's question was, How many election-related bills have lawmakers enacted since Jan. 1?

You answered: 215.
The correct answer was 183.

From Jan. 1 to May 31, we tracked 2,682 election-related bills. Lawmakers enacted 183 bills, compared to 236 bills enacted in all of 2022, when we tracked 2,520 election-related bills. Governors successfully vetoed 17 election-related bills this year, the same number as were vetoed in all of 2022.

Democrats sponsored 33, Republicans sponsored 110, and 22 had bipartisan sponsorship. The remaining 18 bills had another type of sponsor, including committees. State governments with Democratic trifectas enacted 30 bills, Republican trifectas enacted 136, and divided governments enacted 17.

The report highlights several trends. Here's one of them:

More RCV bans considered in 2023 legislative sessions than previous years

While state legislatures have considered a similar number of bills related to ranked-choice voting (RCV) in 2023 as they did in 2022, the number of measures prohibiting RCV has nearly doubled, from nine bans or repeals introduced in 2022 to 15 such bills introduced as of May 31, 2023.

By May 31, Idaho, Montana, and South Dakota had enacted RCV bans—joining Florida and Tennessee, which became the first states to do so in 2022. All five states had Republican trifectas when these laws were adopted. Similar Republican-sponsored bills advanced in other states, as well: Arizona HB2552 (vetoed), Montana HB598, North Dakota HB1273 (vetoed), and Texas SB921 (passed one chamber).

Republican lawmakers in Alaska and Maine, where ranked-choice voting has been implemented for some federal and state-level elections through statewide ballot measures, have introduced legislation that would repeal RCV.

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