The effects of misinformation on voters are unknown, but five states have enacted bipartisan regulations on the use of artificial intelligence in campaigns.

Expect state lawmakers in 2024 legislative sessions to pursue the “continuous improvement” trend of the last 20 years with work on evergreen issues such as poll workers (qualifications, training and pay), deadlines (for voter...

In a new NCSL report, local election officials from across the country offer insights about who develops the content for their poll worker training programs, who conducts the classes and what challenges the trainers face.

With 2,099 election bills introduced nationwide and 258 enactments, the 2023 session was a whirlwind tour of election legislation.

Political analyst Amy Walter told an NCSL Base Camp audience that the upcoming presidential election will look much like the last: The candidates are likely to be the same, and the same handful of states that determined the 2020 outcome will play...

Experts at NCSL’s Base Camp meeting tallied the wins and losses and teased out the trends in the 2023 election.

Three states had tax and budget initiatives on the ballot Tuesday, with a fourth state to weigh in later this month. This story breaks down the results and looks ahead to coming votes.

In Tuesday’s odd-year election, Democrats either held steady or won an advantage; Republicans can celebrate a new trifecta in Louisiana, where the governorship shifted to red. Republicans now fully control 23 states and Democrats control...

Voters pass headline-grabbing ballot measures on Abortion Rights and Recreational Cannabis. Meanwhile, most other ballot measures this year dealt with taxes and state funds, with voters generally approving those creating or broadening tax...

A new NCSL report, “The Evolution of Absentee/Mail Voting Laws, 2020-22,” finds that states expanded options to vote in person before election day and that the number of states that offer no-excuse absentee voting as a permanent...

This story explains the historical reasons that only four states—Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey and Virginia—hold elections in odd years.

The COVID-19 pandemic and U.S. Census Bureau data delays have conspired to create wrinkles, and heightened interest, in the elections of 2023.

The top election officials in Kansas and Vermont share birthdates and similar professional experience, but state history determines how they ensure accessible, secure voting.

In elections nationwide, voters will decide on 36 ballot measures, including reproductive rights, marijuana legalization, property taxes and who can circulate ballot initiative petitions.

Trending this year in election legislation are absentee/mail voting, voter registration and voter list maintenance. Lawmakers also increased wages and protections for election officials, revised state processes that feed into the Electoral...

Although primary elections are the most common way for political parties to nominate candidates, states vary in how those elections are conducted.

After successfully adapting Kentucky’s election procedures during the pandemic, the state’s Democrats and Republicans worked together to make permanent some of the changes, including expanded early voting and absentee ballots.

A pair of blockbuster redistricting cases from the Supreme Court were scrutinized during a session at NCSL’s Legislative Summit. At least for the moment, the cases settle the status of two prominent legal theories that play key roles in...

The U.S. Election Assistance Commission established National Poll Worker Recruitment Day as a national day of action to encourage people to serve as poll workers.

Recent laws safeguarding the personal information of judges, prosecutors and law enforcement officers, and providing for additional physical security, can be a model for election officials who face violent threats.

The controversies emerging from recent elections underlined a wide-ranging panel discussion during the session “Election Perspectives From Across the Spectrum” at the 2023 NCSL Summit.

In Tuesday’s special election, Ohioans will head to the polls to vote on the legislative referendum Issue 1, introduced by Republicans to make it more difficult for state constitutional amendments to pass.

Eight Republican-controlled states so far have cut ties with the Electronic Registration Information Center, a multistate consortium that helps ensure accurate voter rolls, citing unfounded concerns over privacy and transparency.

A new guide from NCSL and the Election Assistance Commission can help the officials who implement election policy connect with the people who make it.