This year, legislatures across the country have continued to introduce and pass voting legislation far above pre-2021 rates. Regular legislative sessions for this year have ended in almost all states. Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania continue to move bills through their legislature. Between January 1, 2024, and September 16, 2024:
- At least 9 states enacted 18 restrictive voting laws,1 the second-highest level of output in any year since the Brennan Center began tracking such legislation over a decade ago (the highest number was in 2021). Louisiana is responsible for 8 of these laws. At least 4 states enacted 11 restrictive laws since the May roundup.
- At least 2 states enacted 2 election interference laws,2 with 1 new law enacted in Louisiana since the May roundup.
- At least 19 states enacted 28 expansive laws.3 At least 9 states enacted 14 of these laws since the May roundup….
Those 78 restrictive voting laws account for over two-thirds of all restrictive laws enacted since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act in 2013. In the 11 years since the Shelby County v. Holder decision removed a key check against voting restrictions, at least 31 states have enacted 114 restrictive voting laws.