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Election legislation tracking: Election dates and deadlines
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Election dates and deadlines vary across the country and at different levels of government.
On this page, you will find:
- Current election dates and deadlines legislation
- Election dates and deadlines bills enacted this year
- More information about election dates and deadlines 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 election dates and deadlines bills or filter for bills related to:
- Administrative deadlines
- Alignment of elections
- Ballot access deadlines
- Election dates
- Voter participation deadlines
Election dates and deadlines legislation
The table below lists bills related to election dates and deadlines 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 252 election dates and deadlines 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 23 bills.
- In 2023, state lawmakers enacted 142 bills.
- The state that approved the most bills in 2023 was Georgia, with 17 bills.
- In 2024, state lawmakers enacted 85 bills.
- The state that approved the most bills in 2024 was Tennessee, with nine bills.
- In 2025, state lawmakers have enacted the following bills related to election dates and deadlines:
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 Day voting
- Ranked-choice voting
- Redistricting
- Voter registration
Explore election legislation with Ballotpedia
- Try Ballotpedia's Election Administration Legislation TrackerBallotpedia's Election Administration Legislation Tracker provides daily updates on legislative activity related to election policy in all 50 states.
Our election policy experts translate complex bill text into easy-to-understand summaries. And because it's from Ballotpedia, our legislation tracker is guaranteed to be neutral, unbiased, and nonpartisan. - Read Ballotpedia's State of Election Administration Legislation ReportsBallotpedia publishes regular analysis of election administration legislation, including three full reports per year, providing ongoing coverage of legislative activity affecting election policy in each state.
These reports deliver insights into partisan priorities, dive deep into notable trends, and highlight activity in key states.
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The newsletter tracks developments in election policy around the country, including legislative activity, big-picture trends, and recent news. Each email contains in-depth data from our Election Administration Legislation Tracker.
