Congress has many interesting election law bills, but during the last two weeks, only one of them gained any co-sponsors. HB 1826, for public funding of congressional candidates, did gain two co-sponsors during mid-May, and now has 151.

Bills that didn’t gain any co-sponsors in the last two weeks include HR 3335, to let ex-felons register to vote for federal elections; HB 4918, to provide for transparency when state legislature redistrict U.S. House boundaries; HR 3957, for same-day voter registration in federal elections; HR 2894, on vote-counting equipment; and HR 3025, to require states to use bipartisan bodies to redraw U.S. House boundaries.

The most dramatic election law-related change that might pass this year is HR 2499, to provide for a vote on Puerto Rico’s status. See this interesting column by John Fund in the Wall Street Journal of May 13. HR 2499 already passed the House but there seems little news on what the U.S. Senate will do.