Tag: Voter registration bills
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Two states with Republican trifectas adopted new requirements for voter registration drives
Tennessee and Louisiana joined a group of six other states with Republican trifectas that have adopted laws related to voter registration drives or third-party assistance for voter registration applications since 2020. In Tennessee, Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed HB 1955 / SB 2586 on May 1, prohibiting the pre-filling of information on a voter registration…
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Voter registration bills make up more than 10% of all election-related legislation in 2024 state legislative sessions
There are 370 active bills in the legislature of 37 states that deal with voter registration, making up more than 10% of all election-related legislation tracked by Ballotpedia this year, as of Feb. 22. Of these bills, legislators introduced 213 since the beginning of the year, while the remainder were carried over from last year’s sessions. …