State of Election Administration Legislation 2023 Mid-Year Report: Specific policy subsets
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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
Specific policy subsets
The final section of this report includes current state election policy and notable 2023 legislative activity across several policy subsets.
Click the links below to view state policy and notable 2023 legislative activity in the following policy areas.
- Ranked-choice voting
- Private funding bans
- Election audits and qualifications for election auditors
- Photo ID requirements for in-person and absentee voting
- Noncitizen voting
The political makeup of a state’s government affects the state’s election policy. State government trifecta is a term to describe single-party government, when one political party holds the governorship and majorities in both chambers of the state legislature. As of 2023, there are 22 Republican trifectas, 17 Democratic trifectas, and 11 divided governments where neither party holds trifecta control.
This map shows the trifecta status of each state as of 2023:
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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
