Report 2021 Election Enactments

Disability Voting

• California AB 37 establishes all-mail voting and requires that every registered voter be mailed a ballot for all elections. It also requires a ballot tracking system that is accessible to voters with disabilities, permits any voter to recast a ballot using a certified remote accessible vote by mail system, extends the receipt deadline for mail ballots and makes provisions for counties that do not conduct all-mail elections.
• Colorado SB 188 allows a voter with a disability to either print the ballot or return the ballot by electronic transmission if printing the ballot is not feasible. A ballot must include a signed affidavit or a copy of an acceptable form of identification and must be received by the election official in the applicable jurisdiction before the close of polls on election day. The bill also requires the secretary of state to establish an electronic transmission system through which a voter with a disability may request and return a ballot.
• Hawaii SB 548 establishes voters with special needs advisory committees at the state and county levels and  requires the department of public safety and Hawaii paroling authority to inform individuals on parole or probation of their right to vote and provide those individuals with voting information.
• Nevada AB 121 requires the secretary of state to allow the electronic transmission system to be used by an elector with a disability to register to vote and by a registered voter with a disability to apply for and cast an absent ballot. Also, it requires the secretary to prescribe procedures to be used by local elections officials in accepting, handling and counting absent ballots received from a registered voter with a disability using the electronic transmission system.
• New York SB 1644 provides that board of elections inspectors may not physically deliver ballots to residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities.
• Tennessee HB 1098 establishes that an independent living facility on the same property as a licensed nursing home, assisted care living facility, or home for the aged is considered a nursing home for the purpose of required absentee voting procedures.
• Virginia SB 1331 requires the state to create a tool to allow voters with a visual impairment or print disability to electronically receive and mark absentee ballots. 

Drop Boxes

• Florida SB 90 makes changes to the election administration laws regarding vote by mail ballots, drop boxes and more. It requires an additional numeric identifier of a voter when a vote-by mail ballot is requested, and it applies to all requests. It requires drop boxes to be geographically located to provide all voters in the county with an equal opportunity to cast a ballot.
• Georgia SB 202 is an omnibus bill that makes several changes, including requiring ID to request and return absentee ballots, establishing guidelines for ballot drop boxes and giving the State Election Board more power over county election administration. 
• Hawaii HB 199 requires the county clerk, not the chief election officer, to issue an election proclamation listing all voter service centers and drop boxes, including the days, location, and hours of operation for each.
• Illinois HB 1871 allows HAVA funds to be used for ballot drop boxes, adds provisions related to drop boxes, permits curbside voting, and requires ballots returned without postage to be accepted. 
• Iowa SB 413 makes several changes, including reducing the early voting period from 29 days to 19 days, requiring that absentee ballots be received by the close of polls on Election Day and creating penalties for election officials who willfully fail to perform their duties. 
• Kentucky HB 574 requires the county clerk shall provide a minimum of one secure ballot drop-box to receive voted mail-in absentee ballots for each primary, regular election, or special election. . 
• Maryland HB 1048 allows for a voter to request permanent absentee ballot status and be placed on a permanent absentee ballot list. It also requires that an absentee ballot application be sent to each eligible voter (except those voters with permanent absentee ballot status) before the statewide primary election in 2022 and 2024. The bill also requires a local board to consider certain factors when determining the location of a ballot drop box.
• Minnesota SB 2 appropriates funds to the secretary of state for the purposes of improving the administration and security of elections as authorized by federal law.
• Montana HB 530 prohibits a person from collecting money in exchange for dropping off a ballot on behalf of an elector, and provides for civil penalties of $100 per ballot.
• New Jersey AB 5373 allows county boards of elections to determine the location of ballot drop boxes under certain circumstances. 
• Virginia HB 1888 requires the establishment of ballot drop boxes and makes various changes to absentee ballot processing, including verifying the voter affirmation statement, and allows absentee voters to correct, or “cure,” the statement in certain circumstances.

Military and overseas voting

• Maryland HB 156 and SB 283 allow a military or overseas voter to submit a federal post card application electronically and to use a common access card to sign the federal post card application only for the purpose of verifying identity and allowing an individual to fulfill the signature requirement. They also require higher education institutions to designate a staff member as the student voting coordinator, who must develop and implement a student voting plan.
• Minnesota HB 1952 revises the definition of “military” for elections to include any eligible citizen of Minnesota enrolled as a student at any service academy.  It also requires that rejected absentee ballots lists be made available to the public after the voting ends on Election Day.

Signature verification and curing

• Arizona SB 1003 requires early voter instructions to state that the ballot will not be counted without the voter's signature on the return envelope. If a signature is missing from an early ballot return envelope, it requires the county recorder or other officer in charge of elections to make reasonable efforts to contact the voter and allow that voter to add their signature no later than 7:00 p.m. on election day.
• California SB 503 makes changes to the state’s signature verification process, including presuming that the signature in the voter registration record, on identification envelope and other locations is the voter’s signature and specifies that an exact signature is not required to determine validity.
• Indiana SB 398 requires a county to compare signatures upon an absentee ballot and specifies the procedure to cure signatures.
• Kentucky HB 574 establishes three days of early voting, allows vote center polling places, creates an online absentee ballot request portal and allows voters to cure signatures on absentee ballots. 
• Texas SB 1 prohibits overnight voting and drive-thru voting unless participating in curbside voting due to sickness or a disability. Voters submitting ballots by mail must include a driver's license number or the last four digits of a Social Security number on the ballot’s envelope. Those numbers must match the number provided on the vote-by-mail application. Also, it creates new rules for poll watchers and criminal penalties for voter assistance.
• Vermont SB 15 requires the secretary of state to mail every active voter a postage-paid ballot for each general election. It also created a ballot curing process. 
• Virginia HB 1888 requires the establishment of ballot drop boxes and makes various changes to absentee ballot processing, including verifying the voter affirmation statement, and allows absentee voters to correct, or “cure,” the statement in certain circumstances.

• Arizona SB 1485 requires a county recorder or other officer in charge of elections to remove a voter from the active early voting list if the voter fails to vote by early ballot in all regular primary or regular general elections for which there was a federal race on the ballot. And all city or town candidate primary or first elections or city or town candidate second, general or runoff elections for two consecutive election cycles. It requires counties to notify a voter prior to removing that voter from the list.
• Kentucky HB 574 establishes three days of early voting, allows vote center polling places, creates an online absentee ballot request portal and allows voters to cure signatures on absentee ballots. 
• Louisiana HB 286 revised the period for conducting early voting from 18 days to seven days prior to a presidential election.
• New Jersey SB 3203 requires counties to hold nine days of early in-person voting ending the Sunday before Election Day in November. Primaries will have fewer days of in-person voting: three for a non-presidential primary and five in a presidential election year. 
• New York SB 1310 allows Washington county to have at least one polling place designated for early voting.
• New York SB 4306 requires at least one early voting site for every 30,000 registered voters in counties with 500,000 or less registered voters, and at least early voting site for every 40,000 registered voters in counties with more than 500,000 registered voters; increases the number of early voting hours from five to eight for each day of the early voting period.
• Texas HB 1622 requires early voting clerks to post early voting turnouts in a timely manner. It creates a formal complaint process for clerks who fail to adhere to the requirements regarding the maintenance and availability of early voting rosters.
• Texas SB 1 prohibits overnight voting and drive-thru voting unless participating in curbside voting due to sickness or a disability. Voters submitting ballots by mail must include a driver's license number or the last four digits of a Social Security number on the ballot’s envelope. Those numbers must match the number provided on the vote-by-mail application. Also, it creates new rules for poll watchers and criminal penalties for voter assistance.
• Virginia HB 1968 permits localities to provide absentee voting in person in the office of the general registrar or voter satellite office on the first and second Sundays immediately preceding all elections.

• Arizona HB 2569 prohibits the state or other public body that administers elections from receiving or expending private monies for the purpose of preparing, administering or conducting an election.
• Arkansas HB 1081 appropriates money to the State Board of Election Commissioners for the 2021-2022 fiscal year to pay for twenty temporary or part-time employees, personal services and operating expenses.
• Arkansas HB 1866 forbids any county board of election commissioners from taking or accepting any funding, grants, or gifts from any source other than from a city or incorporated town, county, the state of Arkansas or the US government.
• Georgia SB 202 is an omnibus bill that makes several changes, including forbidding any superintendent from taking or accepting any funds, grants, or gifts from any source other than from the governing authority of the county or municipality, the State of Georgia, or the federal government.
• Idaho SB 1168 requires that elections must be funded by only appropriations from federal, state, or local government entities.
• Illinois HB 1871 allows HAVA funds to be used for ballot drop boxes, adds provisions related to drop boxes, permits curbside voting, and requires ballots returned without postage to be accepted. 
• Indiana SB 398 provides that a political subdivision that administers an election may not receive or expend funds received from a person (other than from the state or the federal government) for preparing, administering, or conducting elections, including registering voters.
• Kansas HB 2183 amends election law regarding mail ballots, registered voter information reporting, assistance with the return of advance ballots, advance ballot return deadlines, the authority of the Secretary of State, duties of election officials, electioneering, and election funding. It also creates the crime of false representation of an election official and prohibits the use of private or philanthropic funding to run elections.
• Minnesota SB 2 appropriates funds to the secretary of state for the purposes of improving the administration and security of elections as authorized by federal law.
• North Dakota HB1256 prohibits any state and political subdivisions from soliciting, accepting, or using any grants or donations from private persons for elections operations or administration.
• Oklahoma SB 712 authorizes the State Election Board to purchase any equipment and software necessary to implement an electronic precinct registry system (electronic poll books), dependent on the availability of funds.
• Tennessee SB 1315 creates the Tennessee Election Integrity Act. It prohibits any state election commission, state election officials and employees from accepting any funding or contributions, including in-kind contributions, for conducting an election unless the funding or contribution originates from the federal or state government.
• Tennessee SB 1534 prohibits any person from contributing, including in-kind contributions, donating, paying, or otherwise transfer money or equipment to the state election commission or the coordinator of elections for purposes of conducting state or local elections.
• Texas HB 2283 prohibits joint elections commissions, county election commissions and county election boards from accepting contributions of $1,000 or more, including in-kind donations. It also prohibits a county commissioners court from accepting donations of $1,000 or more for the purpose of administering elections.
• Texas SB 1113 authorizes the secretary of state to withhold certain state and federal funds from registrars who failed to timely perform a duty requiring the approval, change or cancellation of a voter’s registration.
• Virgin Islands B 112 provides an appropriation for salaries and expenses of the Board of Elections and the Office of the Supervisor of Elections during the specified fiscal year.

• Alabama HB 167 prohibits a voter from Alabama from also voting in another state. It makes voting more than once at any election held in other states a Class A misdemeanor or a Class C felony.
• Arizona SB 1835 requires a party representative or challenger to be a resident and registered to vote in the state. Also, the bill provides that a person who knowingly impersonates any election board member, election official, challenger, party representative or other poll worker is guilty of a class 6 felony.
• Arkansas HB 1522 creates a misdemeanor offense for false statements by candidates about his or her qualifications.
• Arkansas HB 1803 establishes the Arkansas Balloting Integrity Act of 2021. It amends the complaint process for election law violations and the authority and duties of the state board of election commissioners.
• Arkansas SB 498 requires any written complaint concerning any election law violation or irregularity be sent by the county board of election commissioners to the State Board of Election Commissioners for evaluation.
• California SB 35 expands electioneering prohibitions to include obstructing ingress, egress and parking areas. Also requires the secretary of state to notify candidates of deficiencies in paperwork, and clarifies that candidates who do not submit corrected hard copies will not qualify for the ballot.
• Iowa SB 413 makes several changes, including reducing the early voting period from 29 days to 19 days, requiring that absentee ballots be received by the close of polls on Election Day and creating penalties for election officials who willfully fail to perform their duties. 
• Kansas HB 2183 amends election law regarding mail ballots, registered voter information reporting, assistance with the return of advance ballots, advance ballot return deadlines, the authority of the Secretary of State, duties of election officials, electioneering, and election funding. It also creates the crime of false representation of an election official.
• Kansas HB 2332 amends election law regarding addresses maintained for registered voters, solicitation of advance voting ballot applications, alteration of election laws, and the crime of election tampering. Also, it establishes a process for the handling of temporary vacancies created by officers or employees of the State or political subdivisions of the State due to military service.
• Louisiana SB 64 clarifies the legislative intent of the state’s electioneering prohibition is to preserve the integrity of the election process, and to protect the right of citizens to vote freely for the candidates of their choice.
• Oregon HB 2323 prohibits anyone from knowingly communicating false statements with intent to mislead voters about the date of election, deadline for delivering ballot, voter registration deadline, method of registering to vote, locations of drop boxes, qualifications of voters or voter registration status within 30 days of primary election or special election or within 60 days of general election.
• Texas HB 574 creates felony offenses for any person who knowingly or intentionally making any effort to count votes the person knows are invalid or alter a report to include votes the person knows are invalid. Also creates felony offenses for any  person who refuses to count votes the person knows are valid or alters a report to exclude votes the person knows are valid.
• Texas SB 1 prohibits overnight voting and drive-thru voting unless participating in curbside voting due to sickness or a disability. Voters submitting ballots by mail must include a driver's license number or the last four digits of a Social Security number on the ballot’s envelope. Those numbers must match the number provided on the vote-by-mail application. Also, it creates new rules for poll watchers and criminal penalties for voter assistance.
• Washington SB 5015 Any misrepresentation of an unofficial ballot collection site or device as an official ballot drop box that has been established by the county auditor is punishable as a gross misdemeanor.

• Alabama HB 287 establishes and sets the compensation of election officers, the return officer, and the inspector and clerks in Morgan County.
• Arizona HB 2363 allows a city or town to train its own employees to work on elections if the program is approved by the secretary of state.
• Arizona HB 2794 prohibits an officer or agent of the state from modifying or agreeing to modify any deadline, submittal date, filing date or other election-related date provided in statute, except when prescribed by a court.
• Arkansas HB 1803 establishes the Arkansas Balloting Integrity Act of 2021. It amends the complaint process for election law violations and the authority and duties of the state board of election commissioners.
• Arkansas SB 498 requires any written complaint concerning any election law violation or irregularity be sent by the county board of election commissioners to the State Board of Election Commissioners for evaluation.
• Arkansas SB 549 requires all county board of election commissioners to prepare a report of all provisional and rejected ballots cast in the county for each election. Within sixty days of each election, the State Board will compile the information reported by the county boards and make the reports publicly available.
• Arkansas SB 557 amends the duties of a county board of election commissioners by allowing the delegation of supervision of election officials by an affirmative vote of a quorum of all county board members. It clarifies the duties of county employees designed as election officials.
• Arkansas SB 582 amends how county election commissioners take the oath. Each oath will be filed with the county clerk and a duplicate will be forwarded to the secretary of state. Also, it amends the qualifications of state and county commissioners, election officials, poll workers, and certified election monitors.
• Arkansas SB 644 disallows a person convicted of a misdemeanor offense or felony from serving as an election official. The bill establishes an election law violation hotline, and all allegations of violations will be referred to the Attorney General's office.
• Georgia SB 202 is an omnibus bill that makes several changes, including requiring ID to request and return absentee ballots, establishing guidelines for ballot drop boxes and giving the State Election Board more power over county election administration.
• Hawaii HB 199 requires the county clerk, not the chief election officer, to issue an election proclamation listing all voter service centers and drop boxes, including the days, location, and hours of operation for each.
• Idaho SB 1067 makes numerous technical corrections to Idaho’s election laws, including making the county clerk the recipient of all but state recall petitions, eliminating the role of the city clerk.
• Iowa SB 413 makes several changes, including reducing the early voting period from 29 days to 19 days, requiring that absentee ballots be received by the close of polls on Election Day and creating penalties for election officials who willfully fail to perform their duties. 
• Kansas HB 2183 amends election law regarding mail ballots, registered voter information reporting, assistance with the return of advance ballots, advance ballot return deadlines, the authority of the Secretary of State, duties of election officials, electioneering, and election funding. It also creates the crime of false representation of an election official.
• Louisiana HB 139 requires annual training of members of a parish board of election supervisors. The training is prepared by the secretary of state and approved by the attorney general.
• Louisiana HB 214 requires a registrar of voters appointed after 2021 to complete orientation and training that is prepared by the secretary of state and the Registrar of Voters Association and approved by the attorney general. The orientation and training will be conducted by the secretary of state.
• Louisiana HB 581 provides that on Election Days the principal office of the registrar will remain open from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. or until all precinct results have been submitted to the clerk of court and the absentee by mail and early voting results have been submitted to the registrar of voters, whichever is earlier.
• Nevada AB 422 requires the secretary of state to establish and maintain a centralized, top-down database that collects and stores information relating to voter preregistration and registration from all counties. Also, it requires the secretary of state to develop a pilot program for conducting a risk-limiting audit for the 2022 general election.
• New Jersey SB 2973 permits a county of the fifth class to create the office of deputy superintendent of elections once the office of superintendent of elections has been established. The deputy superintendent of elections would be filled by a nominate of the governor with the advice and consent of the Senate and cannot be from the same political party as the superintendent of elections.
• New York AB 4257 requires that each board of elections, at least once every year, provide for online and in-person training of election inspectors, poll clerks and election coordinators.
• New York SB 4064 increases the amount of compensation for chairmen, election inspectors and ballot clerks for fire districts elections.
• North Dakota HB 1504 authorizes the secretary of state to modify election deadlines and procedures, among other redistricting provisions.
• Tennessee HB 722 prohibits a county election commissioner from qualifying as a candidate for public office and being a member of the commission. Also, a county election commissioner must abstain or be recused from the official duties of the commission for at least thirty days before an election in which a spouse, parent, sibling, or child is on the ballot for public office.
• Texas HB 574 creates felony offenses for any person who knowingly or intentionally making any effort to count votes the person knows are invalid or alter a report to include votes the person knows are invalid. Also creates felony offenses for any  person who refuses to count votes the person knows are valid or alters a report to exclude votes the person knows are valid.
• Texas HB 1622 requires early voting clerks to post early voting turnouts in a timely manner. It creates a formal complaint process for clerks who fail to adhere to the requirements regarding the maintenance and availability of early voting rosters.
• Texas SB 1 prohibits overnight voting and drive-thru voting unless participating in curbside voting due to sickness or a disability. Voters submitting ballots by mail must include a driver's license number or the last four digits of a Social Security number on the ballot’s envelope. Those numbers must match the number provided on the vote-by-mail application. Also, it creates new rules for poll watchers and criminal penalties for voter assistance.
• Texas SB 231 requires the secretary of state to provide a standardized training program and materials for county election officers in the same manner it provides such a program to election judges and clerks.
• Texas SB 331 allows an election officer to appoint an interpreter to communicate with a voter if the voter had not selected an interpreter. Any person other than a voter's employer, an agent of a voter's employer or an officer or agent of a labor union to which a voter belongs is eligible to serve as a voter's interpreter. It also removes the authorization for an interpreter to accompany the voter to the voting station for the purpose of translating the ballot.
• Virgin Islands B 112 provides an appropriation for salaries and expenses of the Board of Elections and the Office of the Supervisor of Elections during the specified fiscal year.
• Virginia SB 1281 removes the requirement that the general registrar of a locality be a resident of that locality or an adjacent locality.
• Wisconsin SB 208 requires the Wisconsin Elections Commission to post minutes within 48 hours after the meeting or hearing. The minutes must include a summary of every action the commission voted on, a record of each member’s vote for or against every action requiring a vote, a record of all motions and seconds, and a record of each member’s status as present or absent for any part of a meeting or hearing.

• Connecticut SB 1202 restores convicted felons’ voting rights if they are committed to confinement in an in-state or out-of-state community residence and restores these rights to convicted felons who are on parole or special parole or who are confined in a community residence. Also, it requires the secretary of the state to contract with an individual to serve as an election monitor in any municipality with a population of at least 140,000 for the 2021 municipal election and 2022 state election.
• Hawaii SB 548 establishes voters with special needs advisory committees at the state and county levels and  requires the department of public safety and Hawaii paroling authority to inform individuals on parole or probation of their right to vote and provide those individuals with voting information.
• Illinois HB 3235 requires the Department of Corrections to provide voter registration information upon release. It also allows the department to enter into an interagency contract with the State Board of Elections to participate in the automatic voter registration program.
• Louisiana HB 378 provides that a person with a felony conviction can register and vote if the person has not been incarcerated within the last five years and was not convicted of a felony offense of election fraud or any other election offense. It removes the requirement of submission of documentation to the registrar of voters.
• Maryland HB 222 requires the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to provide individuals released from a correctional facility with a voter registration application and to inform individuals who are no longer incarcerated that their voting rights have been restored. Also, the bill requires the State Board of Elections to adopt regulations establishing a program to inform eligible voters of upcoming elections and how to exercise the right to vote.
• New Hampshire HB 555 amends the absentee voter application form and absentee voting affidavits to make clear that certain persons confined to penal institutions for a misdemeanor or while awaiting trial may vote by absentee ballot.
• New York SB 830 amends the election law regarding voting by formerly incarcerated individuals convicted of a felony. Any person convicted of a felony will be notified that his or her voting rights will be restored upon release.
• Virginia HJR 555 provides that no person who has been convicted of a felony will be qualified to vote until the completion of his sentence. Once completed, the person’s right to vote will be restored without further action required. A convicted felon may also have his civil rights restored by the Governor or other appropriate authority.
• Virginia SJR 272 proposes a constitutional amendment regarding the qualifications of voters. Every person who meets these qualifications will have the fundamental right to vote, except that no person who has been convicted of a felony can vote while imprisoned, and no person who lacks the capacity to understand voting may vote until his capacity has been reestablished by law.
• Washington HB 1078 restores voting rights to citizens on parole.

• Alabama HB 285 prohibits curbside voting. It requires that all voting machines be installed or operated in an enclosed building designated as a voting place.
• Arkansas HB 1615 states a county board of election commissioners will not change a polling site for any precinct less than thirty days before an election other than a preferential primary or general election, except in the event of an emergency. If the county board reduces the total number of polling sites in the county in a preferential primary election or a general election, a voter may appeal that decision.
• Arkansas SB 486 restricts electioneering within one hundred feet from the primary exterior entrance to a building where voting is taking place.
• Georgia SB 202 is an omnibus bill that makes several changes, including the requirement that each notice must state the location to which the polling place has been moved and direct electors to the new location. Also, poll hours may be extended only by order of a judge of the superior court of the county upon good cause shown by clear and convincing evidence that persons were unable to vote during specific time periods.
• Hawaii HB 199 requires the county clerk, not the chief election officer, to issue an election proclamation listing all voter service centers and drop boxes, including the days, location, and hours of operation for each.
• Indiana HB 1479 allows the county election board to adopt a resolution authorizing the circuit court clerk to use the office of the circuit court clerk or establish a satellite office to permit voters to cast absentee ballots for at least four hours on the third Saturday preceding election day.
• Kansas HB 2183 amends election law regarding mail ballots, registered voter information reporting, assistance with the return of advance ballots, advance ballot return deadlines, the authority of the Secretary of State, duties of election officials, electioneering, and election funding. It also creates the crime of false representation of an election official.
• Louisiana HB 141 requires persons conducting exit polls in or near polling places to register with the secretary of state.
• Louisiana HB 285 changes the amount of time a voter may remain in the voting machine from no more than three minutes to no more than six minutes. Also, it allows election officials to allocate additional time in an equitable manner if the ballot is lengthy or complex.
• Louisiana HB 329 allows any minor to accompany his parent or legal guardian in a voting booth.
• Louisiana SB 64 clarifies the legislative intent of the state’s electioneering prohibition is to preserve the integrity of the election process, and to protect the right of citizens to vote freely for the candidates of their choice.
• Maryland HB 206 and SB 596 alter the hours during which early voting centers are required to be open in elections. In a presidential election, hours will be between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. and in all other elections, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. each early voting day.
• Maryland HB 745 increases the number of early voting centers in certain counties.
• Montana SB 196 allows election officials to reduce hours of operations in polling places if they expect fewer than 400 voters who intend to vote in person to noon to 8 p.m. All other polling places must be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• New Hampshire SB 89 prohibits any photographs from being taken within the guardrail that capture another voter or another voter's ballot and establishes a committee to study post-election audit counting devices.
• New Mexico HB 231 provides Native American polling place protections. A polling place located on an Indian nation or on tribal or pueblo land cannot be closed or consolidated with other polling locations without the written agreement of the Indian nation, tribe, or pueblo in the event of an emergency. At least one polling location within an Indian nation, tribe, or pueblo should be in operation if registered voters are unable to leave the Indian nation, tribe, or pueblo due to public health concerns.
• New Mexico SB 286 provides temporary procedures that would regulate special elections to fill vacancies for the office of U.S. representative during the Covid-19 pandemic. It would allow all polling locations to operate as voting convenience centers and any voter in the county could cast a vote at the center, regardless of the voter’s home precinct.
• New York AB 2168 requires the board of elections, when a polling place has been moved, to post at the old polling location a notice informing voters that the polling place has been moved and providing the street address of the new location.
• New York AB 6478 authorizes a change of location of early voting polling places for certain special, primary and run-off primary elections when no voters of the municipality with the highest population within the county are eligible to vote.
• North Dakota HB1253 a voter to take up to thirty minutes to mark and cast the ballot after receiving the ballot from the election judge and requires that any dispute regarding a candidate’s residency may only be resolved by a court order.
• Tennessee HB 1178 requires a county election commission that has permanently established convenient voting centers to provide a report to the coordinator of elections including an evaluation of the centers, issues, and suggestions for improvements within 90 days after each general election.
• Texas SB 331 allows an election officer to appoint an interpreter to communicate with a voter if the voter had not selected an interpreter. Any person other than a voter's employer, an agent of a voter's employer or an officer or agent of a labor union to which a voter belongs is eligible to serve as a voter's interpreter. It also removes the authorization for an interpreter to accompany the voter to the voting station for the purpose of translating the ballot.
• Texas SB 1418 allows for the presiding judge of the ballot board to be compensated at a higher rate than the other board members.

• Alabama HB 312 requires precinct election officials to be registered voters in the county in which they serve but aren’t required to be registered at that precinct. Priority may be given to the poll workers and alternate poll workers who are registered voters at that precinct.
• Arizona SB 1835 requires a party representative or challenger to be a resident and registered to vote in the state. Also, the bill provides that a person who knowingly impersonates any election board member, election official, challenger, party representative or other poll worker is guilty of a class 6 felony. 
• Georgia SB 202 is an omnibus bill that makes several changes, including allowing a poll officer to serve in a county that adjoins the county in which such poll officer resides.
• Indiana SB 260 allows 16- or 17-year-olds to serve as a precinct election officers without the written approval of the school principal if school is not in session on Election Day. Also, it provides that absentee ballots may be scanned, but not tabulated, not earlier than seven days before Election Day.
• Louisiana HB 330 increases the number of commissioners for the presidential preference primary election. There will be four commissioners for precincts with more than 300 active registered voters and three commissioners for precincts with 300 active registered voters or fewer.
• Montana SB 15 requires election officials to provide accessible voting locations for disabled voters during elections conducted primarily by mail. 
• Montana SB 93 requires at least one poll watcher from each political party be permitted at each drop box for a mail ballot election. Poll watchers must be allowed at each drop box during the days and times that the drop box is open.
• New Hampshire HB 476 removes the requirement that election officials at additional polling places must live in the voting district of the additional polling place; instead, they must live in the town they will serve.
• New Jersey AB 5842 revises and suspends certain requirements for polling places for the June 2021 primary election. It permits a minimum of two poll workers at each polling place (not from the same political party) and National Guard members to serve as poll workers so long as they are in civilian clothing. The bill also waives the requirement that poll workers be registered voters and residents of the county.
• Texas HB 1128 allows certain persons to be lawfully present in a polling place from the time the presiding judge arrives on Election Day to make the preliminary arrangements until the precinct returns have been certified and the election records have been assembled for distribution.
• Texas SB 1 prohibits overnight voting and drive-thru voting unless participating in curbside voting due to sickness or a disability. Voters submitting ballots by mail must include a driver's license number or the last four digits of a Social Security number on the ballot’s envelope. Those numbers must match the number provided on the vote-by-mail application. Also, it creates new rules for poll watchers and criminal penalties for voter assistance.
• Virginia SB 1111 removes the power of election officers to appoint a person who is not a law enforcement officer to have all the powers of a law enforcement officer within the polling place and the prohibited area.
• Wisconsin SB 102 allows a pupil enrolled in a home-based private educational program to serve as an election inspector.

This section contains enactments on postelection processes, and below those general bills, you can find enactments specifically addressing audits, ballot processing and recounts. Scroll down to see the enactments or click on one of the subtopics to go directly there.

• Iowa SB 568 makes several changes to the conduct of elections, including establishing ballot tracking and directs special elections on public measures and sets the dates on which a public measure election may be held throughout the year.
• Montana SB 351 allows county election administrators to test vote tabulation machines before automatic tabulation begins.  
• South Dakota HB1125 The members of the precinct election board or the counting board shall immediately proceed to count publicly the votes received at the polls and continue without leaving the site until the count is completed.
• Utah HB 173 requires an election officer to report an estimate of the total number of ballots in the election official's custody that remain to be counted beginning on the day after election day and ending on the day before the canvass date.

Audits

• Alabama HB 116 allows the secretary of state to conduct a post-election audit of the November 8, 2022 election in three counties. It provides that the expenses of these audits would be reimbursed from the Help America Vote Act federal funds.
• Nevada AB 422 requires the secretary of state to establish and maintain a centralized, top-down database that collects and stores information relating to voter preregistration and registration from all counties. Also, it requires the secretary of state to develop a pilot program for conducting a risk-limiting audit for the 2022 general election.
• New Hampshire SB 43 authorizes an audit of ballot counting machines and their memory cards and the hand tabulations of ballots regarding the general election on November 3, 2020, of the Rockingham County district 7 state representative race.
• New Hampshire SB 89 prohibits any photographs from being taken within the guardrail that capture another voter or another voter's ballot and establishes a committee to study post-election audit counting devices.
• Texas SB 598 requires the primary election officers, not later than 24 hours after all ballots have been counted in an election, to conduct a risk-limiting audit for a selected statewide race or measure, starting after August 31, 2026. It also requires the secretary of state to conduct a pilot program, beginning with the November 8, 2022 election, of the risk-limiting audit program.

Ballot processing

• Idaho HB 290 clarifies the requirement that county clerks verify voter signatures of electors and petition signers. Also, it requires the secretary of state to provide training and guidance on how signatures are to be verified.
• Louisiana HB 388 allows the preparation and verification process for absentee and mail ballots to begin three days before the election.
• Maine HB 68 allows the processing of absentee ballots to begin seven days before Election Day.
• Maine HB 1172 allows a student photograph ID document, issued by a state-approved public or private school located in the state or an authorized institution of higher learning, as an acceptable form of voter ID.  Also, absentee ballots may not be counted, voter intent may not be determined, and election results may not be obtained or released until after the polls have closed on Election Day and all Election Day ballots have been cast and all absentee ballots have been processed.
• Minnesota HB 1952 revises the definition of “military” for elections to include any eligible citizen of Minnesota enrolled as a student at any service academy.  It also requires that rejected absentee ballots lists be made available to the public after the voting ends on Election Day.
• New York SB 1027a allows for preprocessing of absentee ballots and further defines the procedure for a signature cure process.
• North Dakota SB 2142 revises the processing of absentee ballots by providing an earlier start date for verifying the signature on the application for an absent voter's ballot with the signature on the voter's affidavit.
• South Dakota SB 184 allows the county auditor to direct the county board of elections to meet on Election Day prior to the closing of the polls to review absentee voters' affidavits if the auditor deems this procedure necessary due to the number of absentee ballots received. 
• Vermont SB 15 requires the secretary of state to mail every active voter a postage-paid ballot for each general election. It also created a ballot curing process. 
• Virginia HB 1888 requires the establishment of ballot drop boxes and makes various changes to absentee ballot processing, including verifying the voter affirmation statement, and allows absentee voters to correct, or “cure,” the statement in certain circumstances.

Recounts

• Oklahoma HB 2564 amends the process of election recounts to require for recounts on statewide issue or question elections. The governor or the attorney general may request a recount of any state question. Subject to funding, the Secretary of the State Election Board will order an automatic recount of a state question if the margin of votes required for approval is one half of one percent or less of the total number of votes cast for or against a state question.

• Arkansas HB 1112 amends the state’s current voter ID law to require voters casting provisional ballots to show photo ID by noon on the Monday following Election Day. Previously, voters without an ID could cast provisional ballots and sign a sworn statement for their votes to be counted. 
• Arkansas HB 1244 authorizes a license to be issued without a photograph based on a licensee's sincerely held religious belief. This license is not valid for voter identification purposes.
• Indiana HB 1485 provides that an identification document issued by a Native American Indian tribe or band may be used as sufficient proof of identification for voting.
• Maine HB 1172 allows a student photograph ID document, issued by a state-approved public or private school located in the state or an authorized institution of higher learning, as an acceptable form of voter ID.  Also, absentee ballots may not be counted, voter intent may not be determined, and election results may not be obtained or released until after the polls have closed on Election Day and all Election Day ballots have been cast and all absentee ballots have been processed.
• Montana HB 506 requires that an individual meet residence and age requirements before a ballot may be issued to the individual and the individual may cast a ballot.
• Montana SB 169 revises the identification requirements for voter registration, voting and provisional voting. To vote, a voter must present either a government issued photo ID or a Montana concealed carry permit. If not, the voter must present two forms of identification, at least one including a photo ID with the voter's name. 
• North Dakota HB 1447 allows an institution of higher education to issue students a printable document containing the institution's letterhead or seal. The document must contain the student's legal name, current residential address in the state, the date the residential address was established and date of birth. This document may be used to supplement a valid form of voter ID if that ID does not contain current information. 
• Wyoming HB 75 requires voters to show an accepted form of ID to vote in person; acceptable forms include a driver's license, state or tribal ID, passport, military ID or a Wyoming public school, university or community college ID.

This section contains enactments on voter registration and privacy, and below those general bills, you can find enactments specifically addressing automatic voter registration and registration lists. Scroll down to see the enactments or click on one of the subtopics to go directly there.

• Alabama HB 314 revises the process to update the statewide voter registration database. The board of registrars, or the Secretary of State, will use change-of-address information supplied by the United States Postal Service through the National Change of Address database and by at least one other voter registration database, including, but not limited to, the Electronic Registration Information Center or NVRA designated agency, to identify registered voters whose addresses may have changed.
• Colorado SB 250 requires the secretary of state and the county clerks to make modifications to online systems and forms to allow voters to register using the last four digits of their social security number. It also changes various affiliation deadlines from 29 to 22 days.
• Hawaii SB 159 requires a voter registration application be a part of all state identification card and driver's license applications. The identification card or driver's license application will not be processed until the applicant completes the portion of the application related to voter registration.
• Illinois SB 593 allows victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking or stalking to  register to vote by submitting to the appropriate election authority an Illinois Address Confidentiality Program Voter Registration Application created by the state board of elections.
• Maine HB 804 provides for an online voter registration application created by the secretary of state. This online application allows an individual to register to vote, enroll in a party, change the voter's party enrollment, withdraw from a party or notify the appropriate registrar of voters of a change in the voter's name or address.
• Montana HB 176 changes the deadline for voter registration from same day voter registration to close by noon on the day before the election.
• Montana HB 506 requires that an individual meet residence and age requirements before a ballot may be issued to the individual and the individual may cast a ballot.
• Nevada AB 121 requires the secretary of state to allow the electronic transmission system to be used by an elector with a disability to register to vote and by a registered voter with a disability to apply for and cast an absent ballot. Also, it requires the secretary to prescribe procedures to be used by local elections officials in accepting, handling and counting absent ballots received from a registered voter with a disability using the electronic transmission system.
• Nevada AB 422 requires the secretary of state to establish and maintain a centralized, top-down database that collects and stores information relating to voter preregistration and registration from all counties. Also, it requires the secretary of state to develop a pilot program for conducting a risk-limiting audit for the 2022 general election.
• New Hampshire HB 523 requires voters who register to vote by using a qualified voter affidavit or sworn statement on the Election Day registration form to have a photo taken before the registration is complete.
• New Hampshire SB 31 requires supervisors to enter an applicant’s place last registered to vote information, if provided, into the statewide centralized voter registration database and requires the secretary of state to provide information on individuals who report being previously registered to vote out of state to the chief elections officer of that state.
• New Jersey SB 3999 authorizes the secretary of state and State Motor Vehicle Commission to share voter and motor vehicle information and become a member of a non-profit state-based organization for the purpose of maintaining the accuracy of voter registration information.
• New York AB 2574 adds the State University of New York as a designated voter registration agency for automatic voter registration. 
• New York SB 1555 allows a victim of domestic violence to submit a statement to the county board of elections in order to have their voter registration records kept confidential.
• Oklahoma SB 710 authorizes the State Election Board to participate in multistate voter list maintenance organizations such as the Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) and authorizes expenditures related to membership.
• Texas SB 1111 relates to a voter's residence during the process of confirming the accuracy of the voter's registration. It prohibits a person from establishing residence for the purpose of influencing the outcome of a certain election and from establishing a residence at any place the person has not inhabited. It also prohibits a person from designating a previous residence as a home and fixed place of habitation unless the person inhabits the place at the time of designation and intends to remain.
• Utah HB 197 specifies when a voter's designation or change of political party affiliation takes effect when the county clerk receives the signed form. In an even-numbered year, a form received after March 31 takes effect on the day after that year's regular primary election if the form changes a registered voter's political party affiliation.
• Virginia HB 1810 provides that if a failure of the online voter registration system occurs prior to the close of registration, the governor has the authority to order the system to be available after the registration closing date for a period equal to the time the system was unavailable.
• Virginia HB 2125 permits a person who is 16 years of age or older to preregister to vote.

Automatic voter registration

• California AB 796 makes changes to the motor voter program, which includes requiring a driver’s license or ID card application, renewal or change of address notification to include a voter registration application. Also establishes a task force and requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to transmit applications to the secretary of state in a timely manner and to monitor that timeliness.
• Delaware SB 5 creates an automatic voter registration system at the Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles and grants the State Election Commissioner the authority to implement automatic voter registration at other state agencies that already offer voter registration services.
• Illinois HB 3235 requires the Department of Corrections to provide voter registration information upon release. It also allows the department to enter into an interagency contract with the State Board of Elections to participate in the automatic voter registration program.
• Nevada AB 432 revises the Automatic Voter Registration Initiative, expands the agencies which provide automatic voter registration services and authorizes the governor to designate certain agencies of the Executive Department and tribal agencies as an automatic voter registration agency. Also, it requires the secretary of state, county clerks and each automatic voter registration agency to establish a system by which voter registration information is transmitted electronically to the secretary of state and county clerk.

Registration lists

• Alabama HB 123 permits a registered voter or the spouse of a registered voter, who is a federal or state prosecutor, federal, state, probate, or municipal judge, or law enforcement officer, to submit a signed affidavit requesting that the secretary of state omit all information except the name of the registered voter or the spouse of the registered voter.
• Arizona HB 2054 requires the secretary of state to compare death records with the statewide voter registration database. 
• Arkansas HB 1777 protects domestic violence victims voter registration information by allowing a victim to request secure voter status. The county clerks shall not reproduce any address of a secure voter in any format unless otherwise authorized by law.
• Indiana HB 1365 requires the entry of filing information concerning all candidates into the statewide voter registration system. Election certification documents will be filed only through the statewide voter registration system. Also, it clarifies the process by which an Indiana resident who has been imprisoned for conviction of a crime in another state is removed from the voter registration list.
• Illinois HB 3235 requires the Department of Corrections to provide voter registration information upon release. It also allows the department to enter into an interagency contract with the State Board of Elections to participate in the automatic voter registration program.
• Louisiana HB 167 provides the procedure for removing deceased persons from voter registration rolls within thirty days after receipt of a death certificate.
• Maine HB 672 prohibits any person from obtaining information from the central voter registration system to sell, transfer to another person or use the voter information for any purpose that is not directly related to activities directly related to a campaign. It also prohibits any voter information, including a name, residence address or street address, to be made accessible by the public.
• Montana SB 170 requires voter list maintenance processes to be conducted annually, rather than every other year. 
• Nebraska LB 285 authorizes secure data-sharing with certain third parties by the secretary of state to facilitate participation in the Electronic Registration Information Center and improve voter file accuracy. It restricts the posting, display and internet distribution of voter lists abstained through public records requests.
• Nevada AB 21 authorizes a person for whom a fictitious address has been issued by the Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) to request a county assessor or county recorder to maintain the personal information of the person contained in county records in a confidential manner without having to obtain a court order. The bill prohibits the secretary of state, a county, or a city clerk from making personal contact information available. It also authorizes any person with a fictitious address has been issued by DCFS to also request that the Department of Motor Vehicles display an alternate address on the person’s driver’s license, commercial driver’s license, or identification card.
• New Hampshire HB 285 requires the secretary of state to provide information of partial matches on death records for further review and confirmation by the town or city for verification of voter checklists.
• Oklahoma HB 1752 sets a 30-day time limit for a county election board to remove deceased people from the central registry and voter registration list after receiving notice of a county resident death from the Secretary of the State Election Board.
• Oregon HB 2681 prohibits moving voter to inactive status due to voter not voting or updating voter registration for any period of time. County clerks are required to mail all currently inactive voters notification of reason for inactive status and information on how voter can reactivate voter registration.
• South Dakota SB 102 allows voters to apply to the secretary of state to protect their voter record from public access under certain conditions. 
• Texas HB 1264 requires the local registrar of deaths to file each abstract with the voter registrar of the decedent ’s county of residence and the secretary of state as soon as possible, but not later than the seventh day after the date the abstract is prepared.
• Utah HB 12 requires that the names of deceased voters be removed from the voter rolls and that the lieutenant governor enforce these provisions.

This section contains enactments on other election topics, and below those general bills, you can find enactments specifically addressing election technology, election timelines, executive branch powers, local elections, presidential electors, primaries, ranked choice voting, task forces/studies and vacancies. Scroll down to see the enactments or click on one of the subtopics to go directly there.

• Arizona HB 2307 requires a county board of supervisors to provide a written notice advising the voter if the voting equipment used for an election provides for the rejection of overvoted ballots or ballots that contain other irregularities. The notice informs the voter, who may overvote or override any other ballot irregularity, that the voter’s vote will not be counted.
• Arizona HB 2362 requires a ballot privacy folder be given to a qualified elector in addition to their ballot.
• Arkansas SB 426 makes technical and legislative intent changes to the election code.
• Arkansas SB 488 creates an exemption to the examination and copying of public records and amends the law concerning the Freedom of Information Act of 1967 and voted ballots.
• Colorado HB 1011 requires the secretary of state to establish a hotline for use during the general election held in November 2022, and for every general election and statewide odd-year election thereafter. Also, it requires the secretary of state and county clerks of certain counties to provide multilingual ballot access.
• Colorado SB 160 makes updates and administrative clarifications to the local government election code and statutes pertaining to special districts. It allows special districts, by resolution, to establish director districts for their board of directors, or to consolidate into a single-district board structure.
• Idaho HB 299 clarifies that Idaho public universities or colleges will not offer extra credit to students to vote or not vote, or to influence a vote for or against a candidate or ballot measure.
• Illinois SB 2116 expands the Re-Entering Citizens Civics Education Act to include voting and civics education workshops at Department of Juvenile Justice facilities for those scheduled to be discharged within 12 months.
• Louisiana HB 581 provides that on Election Days the principal office of the registrar will remain open from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. or until all precinct results have been submitted to the clerk of court and the absentee by mail and early voting results have been submitted to the registrar of voters, whichever is earlier.
• Nevada AB 390 requires that any notice of a contested election must be provided by the person contesting the election to the candidate whose election is being contested.
• Nevada SB 84 increases the maximum size of an election precinct from 3,000 to 5,000 registered voters.
• New Hampshire HB 273 proclaims May 13, 2021, as youth franchise and youth officeholder day, in honor of the 50th anniversary of New Hampshire’s ratification of the 26th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
• New Mexico SB 304 requires the secretary of state to collect and make geographic information system (GIS) data available for each voting district. This information would be made available on the secretary of state’s website, free of charge, by January 1, 2022.
• Oklahoma HB 2939 directs the secretary of the county election board to record a voter’s history to indicate how the voter casts a ballot. The voter’s method will not be disclosed to the public except for regularly scheduled federal or state election or a statewide special election for a state question.
• Oregon HB 3021 requires the secretary of state to make publicly available a list of the five most common languages spoken, other than English, by residents of the state and of each county. It also requires the secretary of state to ensure state voters' pamphlet and county voters' pamphlet are translated into each listed language and made available on state and county websites.
• South Dakota HB 1124 requires that sample ballots and official ballots will be printed and in the possession of the county auditor not later than forty-eight days prior to a primary or general election.
• South Dakota SB 25 removes an incorrect cross-reference in provisions regarding elections.
• Texas HB 3107 make technical corrections to the law regarding voter registration, officers and observers, early voting, candidates, presidential elections, recounts and other miscellaneous provisions to clarify election practices and procedures.
• Utah HB 196 requires that the judicial retention section of a ballot includes a statement directing voters to the Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission's website.
• Utah HB 197 specifies when a voter's designation or change of political party affiliation takes effect when the county clerk receives the signed form. In an even-numbered year, a form received after March 31 takes effect on the day after that year's regular primary election if the form changes a registered voter's political party affiliation.
• Virginia SB 1239 permits a general registrar to contract with a third party for the printing, assembly, and mailing of absentee ballots.
• Wyoming HB 136 revises language used on primary ballots by replacing the masculine possessive "his" with the gender-neutral possessive "the person's."

Election technology

• Louisiana SB 221 requires the secretary of state to promulgate rules as to reasonable certification standards pertaining to voting systems. It also creates the Voting System Commission and the Voting System Proposal Evaluation Committee.
• Montana SB 351 allows county election administrators to test vote tabulation machines before automatic tabulation begins.  
• New Hampshire SB 46 allows cities and towns to use electronic poll books. It requires the secretary of state to prepare a regularly updated set of instructions and best use practices for the use of electronic poll books in state elections based on reports from the city and town clerks, evaluation vendors and electronic poll book system providers.
• Oklahoma SB 712 authorizes the State Election Board to purchase any equipment and software necessary to implement an electronic precinct registry system (electronic poll books), dependent on the availability of funds.
• Texas HB 1397 requires voting system vendors to disclose ownership interests of each person or entity that had a 5%or greater ownership interest in the vendor, the vendor’s parent company and each subsidiary or affiliate of the vendor.
• Texas SB 1387 requires that, beginning September 1, 2021, voting system equipment must be manufactured, stored and held in the United States and sold by a company whose headquarters, and the headquarters of their parent company, are in the United States.

Election timelines

• Arkansas HB 1202 requires each sample ballot must be submitted at least twenty days before each presidential preferential primary and general election and ten days before each general primary, general runoff, school, or special election. All sample ballots will be published on the secretary of state’s website.
• Arkansas HB 1332 requires a shorter time requirement to post a public notice of elections before the beginning of early voting for a presidential preferential primary, general primary, general election, general runoff, school, or special election.
• Arkansas SB 496 changes the dates and laws concerning the annual and special school elections.
• California SB 590 extends any term of office that is set to expire in March or April 2022 until after the 2022 statewide primary election.
• Iowa SB 568 makes several changes to the conduct of elections, including establishing ballot tracking and directs special elections on public measures and sets the dates on which a public measure election may be held throughout the year.
• New Jersey SB 3203 requires counties to hold nine days of early in-person voting ending the Sunday before Election Day in November. Primaries will have fewer days of in-person voting: three for a non-presidential primary and five in a presidential election year. 
• Tennessee HB 1611 changes the date to elect mayors and aldermen from the first Thursday in August to the Thursday after the first Monday in August for the city of Tullahoma.

Executive branch powers

• Kentucky SB 1 limits the effective dates of executive orders issued by the governor to 30 days unless an extension is approved by the General Assembly and prohibits the governor from issuing a new executive order relating to the same emergency without the approval of the General Assembly.
• Montana HB 429 revises the Governor's power to suspend temporary election laws during emergencies without the consent of the legislature through a regular or special legislative session. If the legislature is out of session, the secretary of state will poll lawmakers within three days of the governor’s request.

Local elections

• Arizona SB 1492 amends the statutory requirements for election ballots, dates, deadlines, election boards, nomination petitions, polling locations and recognition of new political parties on city, town or county ballots.
• Delaware HB 34 states that voter registration for residents of the City of Seaford will be done through the State of Delaware’s Online Registration System beginning with the 2022 municipal election. Also, it removes the option of allowing notification to the public of candidates for mayor and city council by posting the names of such candidates in at least five public places in the City of Seaford.
• Georgia HB 682 reestablishes the board of elections and registrations for Pickens County.
• Georgia HB 683 creates a board of elections and registrations for Pickens County and provides for its powers and duties.
• Georgia HB 684 creates a board of elections and registrations for Troup County and provides for its powers and duties.
• Georgia HB 9a abolishes the Floyd county board of elections and registrations.
• Georgia HB 8a reconstitutes the Floyd county board of elections and registrations and provides for its members, powers and duties.
• Louisiana HB 86 provides that in Lafayette Parish, the parish executive committee of a recognized political party will be increased and composed of one member elected from each councilmanic district and nine members elected at large from the parish.
• Maryland HB 1343 alters the way in which members of the Anne Arundel County Republican Party Central Committee are elected.
• Maryland SB 525 requires the Baltimore City centralized booking facility to provide a secure, designated ballot drop box for eligible voters incarcerated in the facility to easily submit absentee ballot applications, absentee ballots and voter registration forms.
• Massachusetts SB 493 validates the town of Randolph’s actions regarding the completion of nomination papers, preparation of ballots, signing and posting the warrant for its November 3, 2020 biennial state election.
• North Carolina HB 3 changes the method of election for Craven County Board of Education members from nonpartisan to partisan and requires members be elected from the districts.
• Oklahoma SB 347 creates a new law that prohibits any county, school district, technology center school district, municipality, fire protection district or other political subdivision from scheduling an election conducted by a county election board on the second Tuesday of December 2021, the second Tuesday of January 2022 or the first Tuesday of March 2022.
• South Dakota HB 1119 states that ballots for municipal elections will be available no later than seven days prior to a runoff election. Also, in any municipality, the person having the highest number of votes for any office will be declared elected. However, a municipality may, on or before October 1 in the year preceding, approve an ordinance requiring a runoff election.

Presidential electors

• North Dakota HB1078 relates to presidential elections and the adoption of the Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act.
• North Dakota SB2271 opposes the national popular vote interstate compact and urges Congress not to consent to the interstate compact and to oppose any efforts to seek a national popular election of a president other than through an amendment to the Constitution.

Primaries

• Alabama SB 31 revises the date for runoff elections to be four weeks after the regular election for all runoff municipal elections and runoff special primary elections.
• Alabama SB 119 revises the time frames for municipal run-off elections.
• Nevada AB 126 establishes requirements and procedures for conducting a presidential preference primary election. A presidential preference primary election will be held for each major political party on the first Tuesday in February of each presidential election year. Also, it requires an early voting period for a presidential preference primary election, beginning 10 days before the election and extending through the Friday before the election.
• Texas SB 13 sets new dates for the candidate-filing period, primary election, and primary runoff election for the 2022 election cycle based on when the legislature completes redistricting.
• Virginia SB 1148 changes the primary election date from the second Tuesday in June to the third Tuesday in June. It also changes  candidate filing deadlines.

Ranked choice voting

• Colorado HB 1071 allows instant runoff voting or ranked choice voting to be used in municipal elections. It requires the secretary of state to establish the minimum system requirements and specifications for a voting system to be used in a ranked choice voting election by March 31, 2022.  
• Maine SB 450 revises the statutory language regarding elections determined by ranked choice voting. This bill also revises the method of signing petitions and requires petitions to be delivered to the registrar for certification by 5 p.m. on November 20th of the year prior to a presidential election year.
• Utah HB 75 provides that each municipality chooses whether to participate in the Municipal Alternate Voting Methods Pilot Project, which allows ranked-choice voting. It also removes the sunset date for a municipality entering a contract with a county to conduct an election.

Task forces/studies

• Arkansas HB 1568 requires the House and Senate Committees on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs to meet and conduct a legislative study on the use of certain election technology to increase transparency and security.
• Georgia SB 202 is an omnibus bill that makes several changes, including directing the State Election Board to study and report to the General Assembly a proposed method for accepting donations intended to facilitate the administration of elections and a method for an equitable distribution of such donations.
• New Hampshire SB 89 prohibits any photographs from being taken within the guardrail that capture another voter or another voter's ballot and establishes a committee to study post-election audit counting devices.

Vacancies

• California AB 1495 requires that an election to fill a vacancy be held at the next general or special election after the vacancy occurs—rather than allowing the governor’s appointment to hold office for the remainder of the unexpired term.
• Kansas HB 2332 amends election law regarding addresses maintained for registered voters, solicitation of advance voting ballot applications, alteration of election laws, and the crime of election tampering. Also, it establishes a process for the handling of temporary vacancies created by officers or employees of the State or political subdivisions of the State due to military service.
• New Mexico SB 286 provides temporary procedures that would regulate special elections to fill vacancies for the office of U.S. representative during the Covid-19 pandemic. It would allow all polling locations to operate as voting convenience centers and any voter in the county could cast a vote at the center, regardless of the voter’s home precinct.
• New York SB 7227 provides that the governor may call for a special election to fill certain offices within ten days of a vacancy, but only if the  vacancy occurs before the first day of April of the last year of the term of office.
• Oklahoma SB 959 requires special elections for U.S. Senate vacancies to be held on the same dates as regular elections. A special candidate filing period will be on the same dates as the regular candidate filing period for those elections.