Most states expanded voting access – many of them dramatically – in response to the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. The result was an election that by nearly all accounts was well-managed and secure.
But as the National Conference of State Legislatures points out in an excellent roundup of voting actions in 2020, most of these changes were temporary. As a result, while some states are thinking of making them permanent, others want to roll them back.
Make no mistake: As legislative sessions are getting underway across the country, neither side is wasting any time introducing bills. And according to the Brennan Center for Justice, they're doing it at a scale that may be unprecedented.