States with low election turnout did little in 2023 to expand voting access

This year’s state legislative sessions are almost all wrapped up. And on voting and elections policy, the headlines have largely focused on a new wave of restrictive voting laws passed in big Republican-led states like Florida, Texas and Ohio, as well as expansive laws approved in Democratic-led states like Michigan, Minnesota and New York. But another development has flown under the radar — one that may be equally revealing about the priorities driving those in charge of voting policy in many states. Eight states — Tennessee, West Virginia, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Hawaii, Arkansas, Indiana and Alabama — had turnout rates of below 50% when averaged between the last two national elections. Zachary Roth, States Newsroom.

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