KITV – Hawaii voters can now sign up to receive notifications about their ballot through a new service called BallotTrax.

Public News Service – The pandemic changed the way we vote in California, and some reforms made voting patterns more equitable, while others did not, according to a new study from the Public Policy Institute of California.

Colorado Newsline – Voters in Colorado can have the highest confidence in the country that elections are free and fair in the state, according to a new study that assessed election accountability ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.

Anchorage Daily News – In an unprecedented move, the June 11 primary will take place mostly by mail, with ballots sent automatically to all Alaska voters registered at least 30 days before the election. The Aug. 16 general election will occur on the same day, and on the same ballot, as Alaska’s regular primary election.

FOX61 – Gov. Ned Lamont signed a bill Friday that expands the use of absentee ballot voting in Connecticut. Effective immediately, House Bill 5262 redefines a “sickness” as an acceptable reason for absentee voting.

News10 – The New York State Board of Elections has released a new statewide absentee ballot tracker that will allow any voter in the state to monitor the status of their absentee ballot. This new tool will help voters track their ballot and ensure their vote is counted.

Block Club Chicago – Chicago voters can apply for mail-in voting for the June 28 Illinois primary election. The application portal is live on the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners website.

CQ Roll Call – The Biden administration called for spending $10 billion over the next decade to beef up the country’s elections infrastructure as part of the fiscal 2023 budget proposal released Monday.

Greenwich Time – Days after a bill allowing out-of-town commuters and caretakers of the disabled or chronically ill to vote by absentee ballot received final approval in the General Assembly, a key legislative committee advanced a measure that would ease ballot access for all residents in Connecticut.

The Providence Journal – Are some restrictions on voting by mail in Rhode Island “kind of like how we all have the vestigial tail in our behinds, where we used to have tails?” That was the question posed by Rep. Jason Knight, D-Barrington, at a Thursday hearing of the House State Government and Elections Committee.