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On Monday, Aug. 28, U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams (D-Ga.) announced a historic package of legislation that would greatly expand voting rights and improve election administration.
On Sunday, Aug. 27, Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy detailed four sweeping changes to elections on NBC’s Meet the Press.
On Thursday, Aug. 24, the Republican-controlled Ohio Ballot Board approved new summary language for an abortion rights amendment that will be decided by voters this November.
On Tuesday, Aug. 22, Georgia-based voting rights organizations signed an letter calling for the mayor of Atlanta and the Democrat-controlled Atlanta City Council to reconsider using signature matching in the process for verifying the petitions for a ballot initiative referendum.
On Thursday, June 29, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) presented its biennial Election Administration and Voting Survey (EAVS) to Congress.
On Wednesday, Aug. 16, the North Carolina Legislature, along party lines, approved omnibus voter suppression bill Senate Bill 747, sending it to Gov. Roy Cooper (D) for his signature or veto.
On Tuesday, Aug. 15, the Chesapeake, Virginia City Council voted to approve just four early voting satellite locations, cutting the total number of locations by two and eliminating a community center location in a heavily-Black area.
Pro-democracy groups have started collecting signatures for an amendment to the Ohio Constitution that would allow a bipartisan and citizen-led redistricting commission to draw the state’s congressional and state legislative maps.
On Tuesday, Aug. 8, Oregon’s Secretary of State LaVonne Griffin-Valade (D) directed the state’s elections agency to implement an administrative rule in relation to Measure 113, which disqualifies lawmakers with 10 or more unexcused absences during the 2023 legislative session from running for seats in 2024.
On Tuesday, Aug. 8, Ohio voters rejected a Republican-backed proposal that would have made it harder for voters to amend the Ohio constitution.