A statistical look at how primary elections are being run in August, when voters in 15 states go to the polls.

To boost cybersecurity, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission updated the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines, marking the first major change to the standards since they were first adopted in 2005.

So far this year, 29 states and the Virgin Islands have introduced 111 bills addressing voter registration list maintenance, with 17 enactments in 10 states. 

NCSL reviews the book “100% Democracy: The Case for Universal Voting,” by E.J. Dionne and Miles Rapoport, which argues for changing voting from a civic right to a civic duty. 

NCSL offers lawmakers strategies for combatting the next cyberattack on U.S. elections, including free and simple measures that can be put in place today.

Twenty years after passage of the federal Help America Vote Act, NCSL reviews the changes the law brought to state policies and offers a view on the act’s future.