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.

Since 2020, state policymakers from both parties have confronted the harassment of election workers, including threats of violence, from a variety of angles, including by revising existing statutes and passing stand-alone protections.

Ahead of their 2023 legislative sessions, lawmakers expect to address the need for affordable housing, a strong child care workforce and adoption regulations.

A new data product from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey offers insights about the makeup of the 2022 congressional and legislative districts, many of which have been redrawn.

Elections legislation this year includes familiar topics—absentee voting, voter registration, election security—and some new ones: the National Popular Vote, citizenship and voting, and protecting election officials.

NCSL summarizes the campaign finance laws enacted in 2022. Of the 318 bills introduced in the states and Congress last year—on topics including eligibility requirements to run for office, contribution limits and digital campaign...