The Brennan Center’s final 2023 Voting Laws Roundup details voting rights and election rules bills introduced from late 2022 through 2023. While many states passed expansive laws, these were vastly outnumbered by restrictive laws. The 2013 Shelby decision, which gutted the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has created a tidal wave of laws restricting voting rights and allowing elected officials to interfere with election procedures. With political gerrymandering confirmed legal by the US Supreme Court (Rucho v Common Cause, 2019), politicians can freely draw districts in their favor. Rights we have taken for granted need to be defended, restored and secured.

National Voter Corps connects potential volunteers to nonpartisan organizations looking for help with their voter programs. Check out  Get Involved Nationally for additional groups in your state. You can increase voter rights and civic participation in many ways, such as:

• help people obtain voter IDs
• help every eligible citizen register to vote
• help get out the vote during elections
• make it easier for voters to gain access to their polling places
• conduct voter education campaigns.

Other ways to promote voter rights:

• Join NVC to get notices about events and time-critical phone bank or voter transportation efforts.
• Contact info@nationalvotercorps.org to add your organization to our map.
• Become more educated on issues, legislation and elections at all levels of government at sites such as Ballotpedia.