State of Election Administration Legislation 2023 Mid-Year Report: Executive summary
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Absentee/mail-in voting • Early voting • Electoral systems • Voting rights for convicted felons • Private funding • Primary systems • Redistricting • Voter identification |
June 29, 2023
By Ballotpedia staff
Executive summary
This report, published on the first anniversary of the launch of Ballotpedia’s Election Administration Legislation Tracker, presents our observations and analysis regarding the election-related state legislation we’ve tracked in the first part of 2023.
The report covers selected trends we’ve analyzed this year and highlights legislative activity across various policy subsets.
State legislators introduce thousands of bills each year impacting the way Americans vote and how our elections are governed. Our intent with this report is to provide a neutral and authoritative summary of that activity.
The report also covers current state policy and notable 2023 legislative activity across several policy subsets, including ranked-choice voting, private funding bans, election audits, photo ID requirements for voting, and noncitizen voting.
Unless otherwise noted, the data in this report covers Jan. 1 through May 31, 2023.
By the numbers
Ballotpedia's Election Administration Legislation Tracker
State election laws are changing. Keeping track of the latest developments in all 50 states can seem like an impossible job.
Here's the solution: Ballotpedia's Election Administration Legislation Tracker.
Ballotpedia's Election Administration Tracker sets the industry standard for ease of use, flexibility, and raw power. But that's just the beginning of what it can do:
- Ballotpedia's election experts provide daily updates on bills and other relevant political developments.
- We translate complex bill text into easy-to-understand summaries written in everyday language.
- And because it's from Ballotpedia, our Tracker is guaranteed to be neutral, unbiased, and nonpartisan.
About the authors
Joe Greaney is a staff writer on Ballotpedia's Marquee Team.
Janie Valentine is a team lead on Ballotpedia's Marquee Team.
Ballotpedia Editor in Chief Geoff Pallay reviewed the report and provided feedback, as did Managing Editor Cory Eucalitto.
See also
- Ballotpedia's Election Administration Legislation Tracker
- About Ballotpedia's Election Administration Legislation Tracker
- Voting laws in the United States
- Election Policy
