State: Illinois
Infographic: State Legislative Calendar, 2016
A calendar of when state legislatures are in session in 2016. Read more
Infographic: State Partisan Control: 2016
An infographic showing the partisan affiliation of officials who control election laws in each state, including governor's offices, legislatures, and secretary of state offices in 2016. Read more
Legislative Threats and Opportunities: Fall 2015
In latest edition of our Threats and Opportunities series, Erin Ferns Lee examines the status of important election bills—harmful and helpful—that were introduced in 2015. Read more
Legislative Threats and Opportunities: Spring 2015
To date in 2015, lawmakers in 24 states have proposed at least 52 bills that threaten voting rights, while lawmakers in 36 states have proposed to improve election administration in some way... Read more
Voting Rights Proposals Could Affect 2016 Elections
Since January, lawmakers on the state and federal levels have introduced over 180 bills that would change state and federal voting laws. Read more
31,000 Illinois Citizens Register to Vote Online Before the November Election
Thirty-one thousand Illinois citizens registered to vote online and more than a third of the applications arrived two days before... Read more
New Guides for Helping Citizens Register to Vote
Project Vote has released new guides to voter registration laws for several states. Project Vote developed these guides on behalf of our... Read more
State Lawmakers Propose to Start Engaging Voters in High School
Voter preregistration programs that allow citizens as young as the age of 16 to preregister to vote provide a great... Read more
Weekly Voting Rights News Roundup
Voting rights victories abound this week! On a national level, the cornerstone Voting Rights Act of 1965 was upheld by... Read more
BLOG: Missouri Voter ID Law Back on the Table?
Two Republicans in the state legislature are reigniting a failed effort to institute a constitutionally-mandated, highly-restrictive voter ID law. Read more