Voting Rights Lab

Voting Rights Lab is a nonpartisan[1][2][3][4] 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that tracks election legislation[5][6][7] and supports expanding access to voting.[8]

As the 2020 election results came in, Voting Rights Lab and IntoAction produced memes and graphics which were viewed over 1 billion times urging every vote to be counted.[9] The organization monitors laws such as the passing of protections for election workers[10] and rules whose stated intent is to prevent noncitizen voting.[6] The group has tracked 700 new election laws throughout the US between 2020 and 2024[11] and has continued tracking legislation into 2026.[12][4] The group also groups laws into categories such as 'expand voting rights' and 'restrict voting rights'[8] and publishes a tracker of voter ID requirements in different states.[13] The organization put together a summary of election rule changes in the seven swing states ahead of the 2024 presidential election.[5] They found that Michigan and Nevada expanded access to voting, Arizona and Pennsylvania were mixed and Georgia, North Carolina and Wisconsin restricted voting access.[5] In 2025, the Voting Rights Lab also analyzed how many Americans have passports, estimating that 43% of Americans had one.[14]

Samantha Tarazi is the co-founder and CEO.[15][16] In October 2020, a number of musicians including R.E.M., Phoebe Bridgers, and Hayley Williams helped raised money for Voting Rights Lab by releasing compilation albums on Bandcamp.[17][18]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kasper, Maddie (March 13, 2024). "Some college students find it harder to vote under new Republican laws". Washington Post.
  2. ↑ Timm, Jane C. (2025-11-19). "Texas Republicans in some counties are pushing to count ballots by hand in next year's primary". NBC News. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
  3. ↑ Harte, Julia (April 14, 2026). "Trump's voting restrictions bill may fail, but parts live on in 23 states". Reuters.
  4. 1 2 Howard, Andrew (2026-03-25). "Republican states are pushing through their own versions of the SAVE America Act". POLITICO. Retrieved 2026-05-14.
  5. 1 2 3 Mathur-Ashton, Aneeta (September 6, 2024). "How New Voting Laws in Swing States Could Affect the Election". US News & World Report.
  6. 1 2 Riccardi, Nicholas (2024-04-12). "Noncitizen voting isn't an issue in federal elections, regardless of conspiracy theories. Here's why". AP News. Retrieved 2024-09-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ Edelman, Adam (2025-03-27). "Utah governor signs bill to phase out state's universal mail ballot system". NBC News. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
  8. 1 2 Scott, Eugene (September 2, 2023). "Push to expand voting rights gains ground in 2023". Axios. Archived from the original on June 30, 2025. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
  9. ↑ Ball, Molly (February 4, 2021). "The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election". TIME.
  10. ↑ Schouten, Fredreka (2023-05-24). "How conservative activists worked to kill an effort to protect Florida election workers from harassment". CNN. Archived from the original on 2024-09-10. Retrieved 2024-09-10.
  11. ↑ Rooks, Timothy (October 28, 2024). "New US voting rules could lead to election chaos". DW News. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
  12. ↑ Mystal, Elie (2026-05-12). "The Multipronged Red-State Attack on Voting Rights". ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 2026-05-14.
  13. ↑ Levine, Carrie (2025-11-10). "What federal election monitors did in California". Votebeat. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
  14. ↑ Joffe-Block, Jude (2025-04-10). "The House has passed the Trump-backed SAVE Act. Here are 8 things to know". NPR. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
  15. ↑ Leingang, Rachel (2025-11-29). "They tried to overturn the 2020 US election. Now, they hold power in Trump's Washington". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
  16. ↑ Schouten, Fredreka (2025-08-02). "Trump and his allies mount a pressure campaign against US elections ahead of the midterms". CNN. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
  17. ↑ Richards, Will (2020-10-11). "Pearl Jam share new song 'Get It Back' on streaming services". NME. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
  18. ↑ Willman, Chris (2020-10-01). "One-Day Voting Rights Album Features Unreleased Pearl Jam, Aimee Mann, Jason Isbell, Margo Price, John Prine — and Mark Ronson's Would-Be Bond Theme". Variety. Retrieved 2026-03-23.
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