New state election laws erode voting, reshape how voters cast ballots

• Many of the post-pandemic voter laws will be tested for the first time in 2021.
• 55 million eligible voters live in states with new 'anti-voter' laws limiting access.
• Early in-person voting saw an increase in hours and days across 14 states.
• Americans will lose more than 160 days in absentee voting.

In the year since the tumultuous 2020 election, held amid a global pandemic, state lawmakers across the nation have reshaped the way voters will cast ballots through hundreds of new laws, rules and timelines.

A USA TODAY analysis of 254 new laws in 45 states passed since then reveals the physical changes voters may notice and administrative changes happening behind the scenes.