Category: State
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North Carolina Gov. Stein vetoes election omnibus bill
On Aug. 17, North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein (D) vetoed House Bill 958, an omnibus elections bill that would have made a variety of changes to North Carolina's election laws, including shortening the early voting period for primary elections. The bill would have required early voting for regular, non-municipal primary or runoff elections to take…
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States enact 14 ESG-related bills in 2026
State legislatures enacted 14 ESG-related bills during the 2026 legislative sessions, including two that became law after lawmakers overrode gubernatorial vetoes. This was the fewest ESG bills enacted in a single year since 2021. Legislators introduced 174 ESG-related bills this year. Fourteen became law, one was vetoed, eight advanced to a second chamber, 72 are…
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Five states enact proxy advisor disclosure laws
Five states — Tennessee, Oklahoma, Indiana, Kentucky, and Kansas — enacted proxy advisor disclosure laws during the 2026 legislative sessions, making proxy advisor regulation the most common ESG-related policy approach enacted this year. Kentucky and Kansas enacted their laws after Republican-controlled legislatures overrode vetoes from Democratic governors. Proxy advisory firms, including Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS)…
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Missouri enacts omnibus election bill, three others in 2026 session
The Missouri General Assembly adjourned its 2026 legislative session on May 15 after passing four election-related bills and a constitutional amendment. Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) signed all four bills in July. Among those bills was HB 1871, an omnibus bill that makes several changes to Missouri election law. Those changes include: The Missouri Senate passed…
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Minnesota enacts omnibus elections and campaign finance bills in 2026 session
The Minnesota Legislature adjourned its 2026 legislative session on May 17 after passing two election-related bills, both of which Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed into law. HF 4240 is an omnibus bill making changes to numerous areas of election law, including: The Minnesota Senate passed the final version of the bill 36-28 on May 13,…
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Massachusetts enacts budget bill allowing election grants in 2026 session
On July 31, the Massachusetts General Court adjourned its formal legislative session after passing one election-related bill, which Gov. Maura Healey (D) signed into law. H5555, the state budget bill, allows the secretary of state to award grants for voter registration and education. Those grants may be awarded to community-based voter registration and education organizations.…
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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed 48% of election bills passed in 2026 session
On June 13, the Arizona Legislature adjourned its 2026 session after passing 21 election-related bills and one constitutional amendment. Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) signed 11 of the bills and vetoed 10. Among the bills Hobbs vetoed was HB 4115, which would have required a paid petition circulator to disclose to a potential petition signer their…
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Dunleavy vetoed both election bills the Alaska Legislature passed during its 2026 session
The Alaska Legislature adjourned its 2026 regular session on May 20 after passing two election-related bills. Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) vetoed both bills in April and July. One of the bills was SB 64, an omnibus bill that would have made numerous changes to Alaska’s election statutes. The bill would have established a cure provision…
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Florida enacts new congressional maps, citizenship verification requirement in 2026
The Florida Legislature passed eight election-related bills during its 2026 regular and special sessions, all of which Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed between April and June. Among those bills was HB 991, which requires officials to verify whether a prospective voter provided proof of citizenship when applying for a driver’s license or state ID card.…
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A look at the nearly 3,000 endorsements issued in Aug. 4 elections and how they affected those primaries
Endorsements are one of the ways voters learn who candidates are and what they stand for. They can be particularly useful for voters in two types of elections: in partisan primaries, when voters may find it difficult to discern differences between candidates with the same party affiliation, and in nonpartisan local elections, when party labels…