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Election law encompasses a wide array of issues, including voter registration, ballot access, early voting, absentee/mail-in voting and voter identification requirements. The laws governing the administration of elections can vary significantly from state to state and even between jurisdictions within states. This article identifies election legislation enacted in 2024, including a list of all enacted bills and analysis.
For more information about election legislation proposed and enacted in 2024, visit our election legislation tracker.
Enacted bills
The embedded table below lists all bills enacted in 2024. The following information is included for each bill:
- State
- Bill number
- Official bill name or caption
- Most recent action date
- Legislative status
- Sponsor party
- Topics dealt with by the bill
Bills are organized by state and then by most recent action. The table displays up to 100 results. To view more bills, use the arrows in the upper-right corner. Clicking on a bill will open its page on Ballotpedia's Election Administration Legislation Tracker, which includes bill details and a summary.
Analysis
In 2024, states enacted 414 election-related bills compared to 642 in 2023 and 235 in 2022.
The state with the most enacted election-related legislation was Tennessee (36), followed by Louisiana (35) and Georgia (33). The map below shows the total number of enacted election-related bills in each state.
One-hundred thirty-three of the election-related bills passed in 2024 (32.1%) were in states with Democratic trifectas, 223 (53.9%) were in states with a Republican trifecta, and 58 (14%) were in states with a divided government. The chart below shows enacted election-related bills by trifecta status and partisan sponsorship.
See also
- Ballotpedia's election legislation tracker
- Ballotpedia's The Ballot Bulletin
- Election laws and legislation in the United States
- Enacted election legislation, 2023
- Enacted election legislation, 2022
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