Early this month, a plethora of voter suppression bills – one of the broadest attacks on voting rights we’ve seen this year – were introduced by members of the North Carolina Legislature. If passed, the consequences of the restrictions on voting would be dire.

Voting rights have been under attack in state legislatures across the country for more than a decade and there are no signs of it letting up in 2013. Indeed 2013 could be a year that sets back voting rights more than all of the attacks of the past decade combined.

In reviewing states (CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, ME, MD, MA, NH, NJ, NC, OH, PA, RI, SC, VT, VA and WV) that have been affected by Hurricane Sandy we found that most states have not changed their voting procedures. However, some states that were hardest hit have extended hours for registration and early voting.

Below is a list of changes as of this morning October 31, 2012 –