Welcome to the Friday, March 10, Brew.

All this week, we celebrated Ballotpedia’s 15th Anniversary by bringing you to the top 15 political stories to keep an eye on this year.

Today, we’re looking ahead at how what happens in 2023 might affect elections in 2024.

Here’s what’s in store for you as you start your day:

1. Legislators have introduced more than 1,700 election-related bills this year
2. Republican presidential primary debates to begin in August
3. Ballot measures in 2023 and beyond
4. Eleven members of Congress are not seeking re-election in 2024

Legislators have introduced more than 1,700 election-related bills this year

Before we get to the who’s and what’s of 2024, let’s look at how state legislative activity this year might affect how elections operate next year.

We have tracked 1,742 pieces of election-related state legislation this year through our Election Administration Legislation Tracker. State legislators introduced these bills this year or crossed them over from last year’s legislative sessions.

Of these bills:

• 59 have advanced from committee but not from the chamber where they were introduced;
• 98 passed one chamber;
• 28 passed both chambers; and,
• 24 were defeated in committee or by a chamber vote.

Governors in six states have signed nine election-related bills into law, including:

• Michigan’s SB13, which sets the state’s presidential primary on the fourth Tuesday of February and establishes qualifications for parties to participate;
• Minnesota’s HF28, which...

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