Oregon is the easiest and was sixth-highest in turnout.New Hampshire is the hardest state to vote in according to the index, but had the seventh-highest turnout rate in 2020, per analytics firm Statista.Why it matters: Though these rankings don't necessarily correlate to voter turnout, they illustrate obstacles that may stand in voters' paths to the ballot box.ĭetails: 10 categories were taken into consideration, the two most important being ease of registration and early voting availability, the New York Times reports. Ohio finished 41st in the 2022 Cost of Voting Index, a nonpartisan report that ranks states by voting access. ![]() Data: Schraufnagel et al., 2022, “ Cost of Voting in the American States: 2022” Map: Kavya Beheraj/Axios
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