Database of Election Reform Legislation

Database of Election Reform Legislation

Updated October 27, 2008

This database contains summaries of election reform bills introduced in the 50 states during the 2001-2005 legislative sessions. It also includes data for some states for 2006. Data entry was discontinued in 2006 and resumed in 2007. You may search the bills by state, category, status, years, or using your own search terms.

Data from 2006 remains incomplete

Summary of 2004 state election reform

Summary of 2003 state election reform

Summary of 2001-2002 state election reform

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Tracking Selected Issues

NCSL continues to track legislation on a handful of elections-related issues. These are:

changing presidential primary dates
the Electoral College
robo-calls
voter ID
voter-verified paper and audit trails

To receive a list of legislation in any of these areas, pleae email NCSL at elections-info@ncsl.org.

For more information

For more information on election reform, contact Jennie Drage Bowser or Tim Storey at elections-info@ncsl.org or (303) 364-7700.