States enacted fewer election-related bills this year, with Republican trifecta states adopting new election laws at almost three times the pace compared to Democrat counterparts.
As of April 26, U.S. lawmakers from 31 states have adopted 175 new election-related laws this year, according to an April 30 report by Ballotpedia.
This is lower than the 207 bills approved by 33 states last year during the same period but higher than 2022’s 102 bills.
So far this year, Republicans have sponsored 87 and Democrats 30. This continues the trend from 2023 and 2022, when more Republican-sponsored bills were enacted. Thirty-five bills had bipartisan sponsorship, and 23 were introduced without partisan sponsorship.
Lawmakers from 14 states with Republican trifectas—where the party holds the governor’s office and both houses of the legislature— have enacted 94 election-related bills this year, down from 142 in 2023….
