Election legislation tracking: Voter registration
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Voter registration is the process that allows citizens to register with election officials in order to become eligible to vote. In 49 states, voters are required to register to vote. North Dakota is the only state that does not require voters to register. Voter registration methods vary by state and can include the following: in-person registration at state government agency offices, online registration, registering by mail, and registering through voter registration drives sponsored by non-government entities. Some states allow automatic voter registration. Some states allow same-day voter registration.[1][2]
On this page, you will find:
- Current voter registration legislation
- Voter registration bills enacted this year
- More information about voter registration 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 election dates and deadlines legislation in all 50 states. Use the bill search feature to view all voter registration bills or filter for bills related to:
- Automatic voter registration
- Availability of state voter files
- Same-day/Election Day registration
- Voter list maintenance
- Voter registration
Voter registration legislation
The table below lists bills related to voter registration 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 116 voter registration bills from 2022 to 2024. The embedded 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 49 bills.
- The states that approved the most bills in 2022 was Arizona, with nine bills.
- In 2023, state lawmakers enacted 67 bills.
- The states that approved the most bills in 2023 was Michigan with eight bills.
- In 2024, state lawmakers enacted 45 bills.
- The state that approved the most bills in 2024 was Louisiana with eight bills.
- In 2025, state lawmakers have enacted the following bills related to voter registration:
An individual must be at least 18 years of age, a United States citizen, and a resident of the jurisdiction in which he or she is registering in order to be eligible to vote in that jurisdiction.[2]
Under federal law, every state must allow residents to register to vote for federal elections up to at least 30 days before Election Day, though some states extend the deadline to register. Additional requirements and restrictions on voter registr ation (e.g., voting eligibility of people convicted of a felony) vary by state.[2]
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
Click on the topics below to explore legislation in some of our other election-related topic areas.
- Absentee/mail-in voting
- Early voting
- Election dates and deadlines
- Election Day voting
- Ranked-choice voting
- Redistricting
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