August 31, 2023 In Bipartisan Effort, Kentucky Makes Some Pandemic Voting Changes Permanent 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. State Legislatures News, News to Use, Policy, Elections, Across the Aisle State Legislatures News
August 25, 2023 High Court Settles the Status of Legal Theories Affecting Redistricting 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... State Legislatures News, Policy, Elections, Legislative Summit, Redistricting and Census State Legislatures News
August 23, 2023 National Poll Worker Recruitment Day Is Here 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. State Legislatures News, Policy, Elections State Legislatures News
August 16, 2023 States and Congress Act to Protect Judicial and Election 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. State Legislatures News, Policy, Civil and Criminal Justice, Elections, Legislative Summit State Legislatures News
August 15, 2023 How Recent Controversies Have Altered the Elections Landscape 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. State Legislatures News, Policy, Elections, Legislative Summit State Legislatures News
August 7, 2023 The Biggest Vote in Ohio Has to Do With Voting Itself 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. State Legislatures News, Policy, Elections State Legislatures News