{{Short description|U.S. voting research organization}} '''Voting Rights Lab''' is a nonpartisan<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kasper |first=Maddie |date=March 13, 2024 |title=Some college students find it harder to vote under new Republican laws |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/02/07/college-student-voting-campuses-ohio/ |work=Washington Post}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Timm |first=Jane C. |date=2025-11-19 |title=Texas Republicans in some counties are pushing to count ballots by hand in next year's primary |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/texas-republicans-counties-are-pushing-count-ballots-hand-years-primar-rcna239342 |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Harte |first=Julia |date=April 14, 2026 |title=Trump's voting restrictions bill may fail, but parts live on in 23 states |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trumps-voting-restrictions-bill-may-fail-parts-live-23-states-2026-04-14/ |work=Reuters}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Howard |first=Andrew |date=2026-03-25 |title=Republican states are pushing through their own versions of the SAVE America Act |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/25/republican-states-save-america-act-00844237 |access-date=2026-05-14 |website=POLITICO |language=en}}</ref> 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that tracks election legislation<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |last=Mathur-Ashton |first=Aneeta |date=September 6, 2024 |title=How New Voting Laws in Swing States Could Affect the Election |url=https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2024-09-06/how-new-voting-laws-in-swing-states-could-affect-the-election |work=US News & World Report}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2024-04-12 |title=Noncitizen voting isn't an issue in federal elections, regardless of conspiracy theories. Here's why |url=https://apnews.com/article/trump-immigrant-voting-noncitizens-elections-explained-cf4c73b336147b5f5d9c2a22b2564994 |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=AP News |language=en|last=Riccardi|first=Nicholas}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-27 |title=Utah governor signs bill to phase out state's universal mail ballot system |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/utah-governor-signs-bill-phase-out-universal-mail-ballot-system-rcna198350 |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=NBC News |language=en|last=Edelman|first=Adam}}</ref> and supports expanding access to voting.<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Scott |first=Eugene |date=September 2, 2023 |title=Push to expand voting rights gains ground in 2023 |url=https://www.axios.com/2023/09/02/push-to-expand-voting-rights-gains-ground-in-2023 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250630171734/https://www.axios.com/2023/09/02/push-to-expand-voting-rights-gains-ground-in-2023 |archive-date=June 30, 2025 |access-date=November 16, 2024 |work=Axios}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ball |first=Molly |date=February 4, 2021 |title=The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election |url=https://time.com/5936036/secret-2020-election-campaign/ |work=TIME}}</ref> The organization monitors laws such as the passing of protections for election workers<ref>{{Cite web |last=Schouten |first=Fredreka |date=2023-05-24 |title=How conservative activists worked to kill an effort to protect Florida election workers from harassment |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/24/politics/florida-election-workers-harassment-protections-killed/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240910013228/https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/24/politics/florida-election-workers-harassment-protections-killed/index.html |archive-date=2024-09-10 |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> and rules whose stated intent is to prevent noncitizen voting.<ref name=":2" /> The group has tracked 700 new election laws throughout the US between 2020 and 2024<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 28, 2024 |title=New US voting rules could lead to election chaos |url=https://www.dw.com/en/us-election-2024-voting-rules-vote-counting-swing-states-v2/a-70464086 |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=DW News |language=en|last=Rooks|first=Timothy}}</ref> and has continued tracking legislation into 2026.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Mystal |first=Elie |date=2026-05-12 |title=The Multipronged Red-State Attack on Voting Rights |url=https://www.thenation.com/article/society/red-state-voter-suppression/ |access-date=2026-05-14 |language=en-US |issn=0027-8378}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> The group also groups laws into categories such as 'expand voting rights' and 'restrict voting rights'<ref name=":3" /> and publishes a tracker of voter ID requirements in different states.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Levine |first=Carrie |date=2025-11-10 |title=What federal election monitors did in California |url=https://www.votebeat.org/2025/11/10/election-day-federal-monitors-california-prop-50/ |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=Votebeat |language=en}}</ref> The organization put together a summary of election rule changes in the seven swing states ahead of the 2024 presidential election.<ref name=":4" /> They found that Michigan and Nevada expanded access to voting, Arizona and Pennsylvania were mixed and Georgia, North Carolina and Wisconsin restricted voting access.<ref name=":4" /> In 2025, the Voting Rights Lab also analyzed how many Americans have passports, estimating that 43% of Americans had one.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Joffe-Block |first=Jude |date=2025-04-10 |title=The House has passed the Trump-backed SAVE Act. Here are 8 things to know |url=https://www.npr.org/2025/03/12/nx-s1-5301676/save-act-explainer-voter-registration |access-date=2026-03-23 |work=NPR |language=en}}</ref>
Samantha Tarazi is the co-founder and CEO.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Leingang |first=Rachel |date=2025-11-29 |title=They tried to overturn the 2020 US election. Now, they hold power in Trump's Washington |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/29/2020-election-deniers-trump |access-date=2026-03-23 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Schouten |first=Fredreka |date=2025-08-02 |title=Trump and his allies mount a pressure campaign against US elections ahead of the midterms |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/02/politics/trump-elections-pressure-campaign |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Richards |first=Will |date=2020-10-11 |title=Pearl Jam share new song 'Get It Back' on streaming services |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/pearl-jam-share-new-song-get-it-back-on-streaming-services-2780026 |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Willman |first=Chris |date=2020-10-01 |title=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 |url=https://variety.com/2020/music/news/voting-rights-lab-album-pearl-jam-unreleased-tracks-1234789600/ |access-date=2026-03-23 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
== See also ==
* ACLU * Brennan Center for Justice * Cost of Voting Index * League of Women Voters * National Conference of State Legislatures * Votebeat
== References == <references />
== External links ==
* [https://votingrightslab.org/ Website]
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