On election night, NCSL will bring you three online town hall updates, and State Legislatures News will provide a running tally of results as they come in.

Lawmakers in at least 19 states introduced legislation last year that would allow legislatures to call themselves into special session or require governors to call a special session during an emergency. Now, three states—Arkansas, Idaho and...

Poll watchers have been an integral part of the U.S. election landscape since at least 1934. That’s when Joseph P. Harris’ “Election Administration in the United States” was published. In it, he stresses the right, under...

Some state legislators have begun looking beyond the fall general election to the next challenge: leadership elections for 2023-24. Some have been laying the groundwork quietly for years, while others are engaged in public and competitive races.

In 2020, litigation exploded around how elections are run. The flood of cases gave rise to at least three litigation trackers: The American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Election Law keeps a list of election-related cases; the...

Counties across the country are still recruiting for some of the most important of all election officials: poll workers. “Poll workers are really essential workers for democracy,” says Amanda Zoch, project manager in NCSL’s...