voting legislation

While Congress remains deadlocked on the SAVE America Act that would require U.S. citizenship to register to vote, that requirement will soon become the law of the land in Florida now that Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed the latest “voting integrity ” legislation.

The number of states considering bills related to proof of citizenship for voting tripled from 2023 to this year. Republicans in Wyoming passed their own proof-of-citizenship legislation, but similar measures have stalled or failed in multiple GOP-led states, including Florida, Missouri, Texas and Utah.

Georgia Attorney General Christopher Carr filed a brief at the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals supporting the Florida law, which, in part, placed additional restrictions on “drop boxes” for mail-in ballots and prevented groups from providing items such as food and water to voters waiting in line at polling places.

The 1887 law governs the process of counting Electoral College votes and came under fresh scrutiny following attempts to invalidate the presidential election results on Jan. 6, 2021.

A federal judge has struck down provisions in Texas' new law that set limits on how people can help voters cast their ballots.

Florida House and Senate Republicans could be ready to pass an elections plan that includes creating a new state office to investigate voting irregularities, boosting penalties for wrongdoing, and looking at changes in the vote-by-mail system.

Gov. Ron DeSantis' proposed congressional map would eliminate two of the state's African-American congressional districts. Voting rights advocates say the map would dilute minority voting power in the state.

Cecile Scoon, the President of the League of Women Voters of Florida, discussed the obstacles a new law poses to voters on Friday.

In Kansas, voter registration groups are suing to stop a new elections law. Some organizations have stopped doing voter drives for fear of charges being filed against their volunteers.

Dozens of Democratic state lawmakers fled Texas in an effort to block Republican-led restrictive voting legislation from being passed.

Nova Southeastern University held a community forum Tuesday to talk about voting rights and confusion around new laws emerging across the country — and in Florida — and what they could mean for elections in 2022.

In Georgia, students are showing up to public redistricting meetings and voicing their concerns about how politicians and mapmakers draw political lines in the future.