Voting Rights Lab
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| Founded | 2017[1] |
|---|---|
| Type | Nonprofit |
Key people | Samantha Tarazi (CEO and co-founder)[2][3] |
| Website | votingrightslab.org |
Voting Rights Lab is a nonpartisan[4][5][6][7] 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that tracks election legislation[8][9][10] and supports expanding access to voting.[11]
As the 2020 election results came in, Voting Rights Lab and IntoAction produced memes and graphics that were viewed over 1 billion times, urging every vote to be counted.[12] The organization monitors laws such as the passing of protections for election workers[13] and rules whose stated intent is to prevent noncitizen voting.[9] The group has tracked 700 new election laws throughout the US between 2020 and 2024[14] and has continued tracking legislation into 2026.[15][7] The group also groups laws into categories such as 'expand voting rights' and 'restrict voting rights'[11] and publishes a tracker of voter ID requirements in different states.[16] The organization put together a summary of election rule changes in the seven swing states ahead of the 2024 presidential election.[8] They found that Michigan and Nevada expanded access to voting, Arizona and Pennsylvania were mixed, and Georgia, North Carolina and Wisconsin restricted voting access.[8] The organization also ran an ad campaign as well as submitting op-eds in local papers during the 2024 election season in key counties in swing states with messages trying to bolster confidence in local elections.[17] In 2025, the Voting Rights Lab also analyzed how many Americans have passports, estimating that 43% of Americans had one.[18]
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.[19][20]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Terms of Engagement—Mapping Risks to the 2026 Elections". Ash Center. July 22, 2026. Retrieved September 13, 2026.
- ↑ Leingang, Rachel (November 29, 2025). "They tried to overturn the 2020 US election. Now, they hold power in Trump's Washington". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
- ↑ Schouten, Fredreka (August 2, 2025). "Trump and his allies mount a pressure campaign against US elections ahead of the midterms". CNN. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
- ↑ Kasper, Maddie (March 13, 2024). "Some college students find it harder to vote under new Republican laws". Washington Post.
- ↑ Timm, Jane C. (November 19, 2025). "Texas Republicans in some counties are pushing to count ballots by hand in next year's primary". NBC News. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
- ↑ Harte, Julia (April 14, 2026). "Trump's voting restrictions bill may fail, but parts live on in 23 states". Reuters.
- 1 2 Howard, Andrew (March 25, 2026). "Republican states are pushing through their own versions of the SAVE America Act". POLITICO. Retrieved May 14, 2026.
- 1 2 3 Mathur-Ashton, Aneeta (September 6, 2024). "How New Voting Laws in Swing States Could Affect the Election". US News & World Report.
- 1 2 Riccardi, Nicholas (April 12, 2024). "Noncitizen voting isn't an issue in federal elections, regardless of conspiracy theories. Here's why". AP News. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
- ↑ Edelman, Adam (March 27, 2025). "Utah governor signs bill to phase out state's universal mail ballot system". NBC News. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
- 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.
- ↑ Ball, Molly (February 4, 2021). "The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election". TIME.
- ↑ Schouten, Fredreka (May 24, 2023). "How conservative activists worked to kill an effort to protect Florida election workers from harassment". CNN. Archived from the original on September 10, 2024. Retrieved September 10, 2024.
- ↑ Rooks, Timothy (October 28, 2024). "New US voting rules could lead to election chaos". DW News. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
- ↑ Mystal, Elie (May 12, 2026). "The Multipronged Red-State Attack on Voting Rights". The Nation. ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved May 14, 2026.
- ↑ Levine, Carrie (November 10, 2025). "What federal election monitors did in California". Votebeat. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
- ↑ Montellaro, Zach (November 3, 2024). "Ad campaign targets counties at risk of not certifying results". POLITICO. Retrieved September 13, 2026.
- ↑ Joffe-Block, Jude (April 10, 2025). "The House has passed the Trump-backed SAVE Act. Here are 8 things to know". NPR. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
- ↑ Richards, Will (October 11, 2020). "Pearl Jam share new song 'Get It Back' on streaming services". NME. Retrieved March 23, 2026.
- ↑ Willman, Chris (October 1, 2020). "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 March 23, 2026.