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This analysis details the impact of the Callais decision and how states have responded to SCOTUS weakening the federal Voting Rights Act.
This snapshot details developments in voting and election laws across the country as of April 30, 2026.
Since 2020, state and local election officials have increasingly been the targets of an alarming increase in violent threats and harassment. As a result, some states have put in place new laws that seek to explicitly protect the election officials who protect our democracy.
This map illustrates the landscape of state voting rights acts, which are generally modeled after the federal Voting Rights Act but differ in scope. State voting rights acts provide new legal tools to fight voter suppression in court, create protections against voter intimidation and racial discrimination, and more.
While most states allow the use of partisan poll watchers, a number of states also have policies that allow nonpartisan election observers such as academics or the media to witness various parts of the state’s election processes.