Election legislation tracking: Early voting
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Early voting policies allow voters to cast ballots in person before an election. In states that permit no-excuse early voting, a voter does not have to provide a reason for being unable to vote on Election Day.
On this page, you will find:
- Current early voting legislation
- Early voting bills enacted this year
- More information about early voting laws in each state
The legislation on this page is curated through Ballotpedia's Election Administration Legislation Tracker. As election laws change, you can use the tracker to keep up with the latest developments in early voting legislation in all 50 states. Use the bill search feature to view all early voting bills or filter for bills related to early voting administration, early voting duration, or early voting eligibility.
Early voting legislation
The table below lists bills related to early voting introduced during (or carried over to) each state's regular legislative session this year. The following information is included for each bill:
- State
- Bill number
- Official bill name or caption
- Most recent action date
- Legislative status
- Sponsor party
- Topics dealt with by the bill
Bills are organized by state and then by most recent action. The table displays up to 100 results. To view more bills, use the arrows in the upper-right corner. Clicking on a bill will open its page on Ballotpedia's Election Administration Legislation Tracker, which includes bill details and a summary.
Enacted bills
- See also: Enacted election legislation, 2025
States enacted 32 early voting bills from 2022 to 2024. The table below lists all bills enacted this year. For more information about election legislation proposed and enacted in 2025, visit our election legislation tracker.
- In 2022, state lawmakers enacted 10 bills.
- The state that approved the most bills in 2022 was Louisiana, with two bills.
- In 2023, state lawmakers enacted 22 bills.
- In 2024, state lawmakers enacted 10 bills.
- The state that approved the most bills in 2024 was Louisiana, with five bills.
- In 2025, state lawmakers have enacted the following bills related to early voting:
Early voting laws by state
- See also: Early voting
As of February 2024, 47 states and the District of Columbia permitted no-excuse early voting in some form:[1]
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- District of Columbia
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota[2]
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
Ballotpedia's Election Administration Legislation Tracker categorizes bills into over 20 different topic areas. In addition to searching by topic, users can also search by one or all of the following criteria:
- State
- Date
- State trifecta status
- Partisan sponsorship
- Legislative status
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External links
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "Early In-Person Voting," May 23, 2022
- ↑ North Dakota only offers early voting in some counties.
