Trackers
Evergreen, sourced reference guides — the kind of thing you bookmark and cite. Each tracker is compiled from authoritative sources and kept current.
- Elections State Voting Rules Index (2026) How strict are each state's voting rules? A transparent 0–100 index across all 51 jurisdictions, combining voter-ID requirements and absentee access — with the full methodology published.
- Elections Voter ID Laws by State (2026) A sourced, 50-state guide to what voters must present at the polls — which states require photo ID, which request it, and which require no document.
- Elections Mail-in / Absentee Voting Rules by State (2026) A sourced, 50-state guide to voting by mail — which states mail every voter a ballot, which allow no-excuse absentee, and which require a qualifying excuse.
- Second Amendment Concealed Carry & Permitless Carry Laws by State (2026) A sourced, 50-state guide to concealed carry — which states allow permitless (constitutional) carry, which are shall-issue, and which remain restrictive.
- Immigration State Immigration Cooperation Laws by State (2026) A neutral, sourced 50-state guide to statewide immigration law — which states limit cooperation with ICE ("sanctuary"), which require it, and which have no statewide law.
- Education School Choice Programs by State (2026) A sourced, 50-state guide to private school choice — which states offer universal ESAs or vouchers, which have limited programs, and which have none.
- Labor & Economy Right-to-Work Laws by State (2026) A sourced, 50-state guide to right-to-work laws — which states bar mandatory union membership or fees, which protect it in their constitution, and which do not.
- Courts & Law How Each State Chooses Its Attorney General (2026) A neutral, sourced 50-state guide to the office that brings the lawsuits — which states elect their attorney general, which appoint one and by whom, how long the term runs, and who holds it now.
- Courts & Law Death Penalty by State (2026) A neutral, sourced 50-state guide to capital punishment — which states retain the death penalty, which retain it but have paused executions by executive order, and which have abolished it, with the year.