In recent #legislative sessions, legislators have introduced #VRAs in Maryland, Michigan, Illinois, and New Jersey, while Washington in April enacted improvements that enhance its current voting rights law.
New York and Connecticut’s VRAs, the NYVRA and CTVRA, respectively, contain a “#democracy canon” that directs courts to construe #election and #votinglaws liberally in favor of protecting the rights of #voters and ensuring #minority groups “have equitable access to fully participate in the electoral process.”
#StateVotingRightsLegislation

On Tuesday, July 18, a federal judge dismissed a fringe lawsuit that challenged #California’s #VotingLaws, regulations and guidelines that allow for #UniversalMailInVoting, #OnlineVoterRegistration, community ballot collection and otherwise expand #VotingAccess.

#VotingRights
#IndependentStateLegislature

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/federal-judge-dismisses-fringe-challenge-to-california-mail-in-voting-rules/

#Republicans Face Setbacks in Push to Tighten #VotingLaws on #CollegeCampuses
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans-face-setbacks-push-tighten-113821207.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/28/wisconsin-absentee-ballots-disabled-voters?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other Staff at the advocacy group Disability Rights Wisconsin say they have received reports of elections clerks rejecting absentee ballots from disabled voters as recently as March. Despite federal protections, this is just one of many barriers to voting that voters with disabilities face in Wisconsin and across the United States. #AmericansWithDisabilitiesAct #votingrightsprotections #VotingRightsAct #WisconsinVoterSuppression #GOPvoterSuppression #VotingLaws

How controversial new #votinglaws are impacting #2022elections

Voters in many of Tuesday's #primaries are navigating new and sometimes controversial #voting laws implemented in the aftermath of the 2020 #election. Jessica H...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9um0X7-SoI