Theme page
Voting rights and access
Who can register, and how easily they can cast a ballot.
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- Events in this demo
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- States with an event
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- Categories in this theme
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- Most in one year
2008–2024
Sample data
Of 50
Sample data
Of 33 overall
In 2016
Sample data
Over time
The shape of this theme
Events coded to voting rights and access across 17 years and 48 states. On the finished site this curve is what a reader checks before asking whether their own state is unusual.
Synthetic counts. The shape carries no claim about this theme.
Categories
What rolls up to this theme
- Mail ballot restriction65
- Voter roll purge62
- Voter identification restriction49
- Registration deadline change49
Where
States with the most
Sample counts, not a ranking of states.
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How it is coded
What qualifies an event for this theme, and how coders decide between neighbouring categories.
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