Colorado’s 2013 Voter Access and Modernized Elections Act required mailed ballots for active registered voters, expanded county voter service centers, and enabled eligible residents to register and vote through Election…
In 1842, New York replaced the required spoken vote with written or printed paper ballots, reducing the public exposure of voters’ choices. The United States reform was an early, incomplete…
Arkansas’s 1939 adoption of a majority-vote rule for Democratic primaries created runoffs when no candidate won more than half the vote. The reform changed campaign strategy in a state where…
In 1938, the Massachusetts legislature passed Plan E, a landmark reform allowing cities to adopt city manager governments and proportional representation. This initiative aimed to break the grip of political…
In 2016, South Dakota voters passed Initiated Measure 22 to reform campaign finance and lobbying, but the state legislature repealed it months later using an emergency clause. This action sparked…
In 1912, Montana voters utilized the initiative process to pass the Corrupt Practices Act, a landmark election reform aimed at ending the dominance of industrial tycoons in state politics. The…
The Presidential Election Day Act of 1845 established a uniform date for choosing presidential electors across the United States. This reform aimed to eliminate voter fraud and the undue influence…
In 2005, New Jersey launched a pilot program for the public financing of legislative elections to reduce the influence of large donors. The initiative, known as the Clean Elections program,…
The Soldier Voting Act of 1942 and its 1944 revision addressed the challenge of enabling millions of overseas U.S. troops to participate in elections during World War II. The legislative…
