A Wave of Laws Since 2010 Makes Voting More Difficult.

State Voting Restrictions Alabama >> Strict voter ID requirement (2011 law) (1) >> Documentary proof of citizenship (2011 law; not yet implemented) Arizona >> Documentary proof of citizenship to register (2004 ballot initiative; 2018 court settlement applies requirement only to voting in state elections, not federal ones) >> Polling place consolidation (2016 law) >> Limitations on mail-in ballot collection (2016 law) Arkansas >> Voter ID requirement (2017 law) (*) Florida >> Reduced early voting period (2011 law, mitigated by 2012 court ruling and subsequent 2013 statute restoring some early voting days) >> Curbed voter registration drives (2011 law, mitigated by court decisions) >> Reduced access to rights restoration for those with criminal convictions (2011 gubernatorial action) Georgia >> "No match, no vote" limit on voter registration applications, rejecting any that differ from personal information in other state records down to a missing hyphen in a name (2017 law) (*) >> Reduced early voting period (2010 law) >> Documentary proof of citizenship to register (2009 law) >> Strict voter ID requirement (2006 law) (2) Illinois >> Curbed voter registration drives (2011 law) Indiana >> Aggressive voter purge based on Crosscheck (2017 law blocked in federal court this year, under appeal) >> Documentary proof of citizenship for certain individuals (2013 law) >> Strict voter ID requirement (2006 law) lowa >> Voter ID requirement (2017 law; will be partially implemented in 2018) (*) >> Restrictions on voter registration drives (2017 law) (*) >> Limited access to election-day registration (2017 law) (*) >> Reduced early voting period (2011 law) >> Limited early and absentee voting (2017 law, blocked temporarily in court) >> Stricter voting rights restoration policy for the formerly incarcerated (2011 reversed executive action) State State Alabama Kansas Arizona Mississippi Missouri Nebraska New Hampshire Arkansas Florida North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Georgia Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Illinois Indiana Texas lowa Virainia Wisconsin State Voting Restrictions Alabama >> Strict voter ID requirement (2011 law) >> Documentary proof of citizenship (2011 law; struck down in federal court...