State House Minority Leader Eileen Filler-Corn (D), who could soon be the first woman to become Virginia House speaker

Democrats flipped both chambers of Virginia's state legislature on Tuesday, giving them full control over state government for the first time in a quarter century—and opening the door to a wave of reforms that would make voting easier and protect the right to vote. When lawmakers convene in early January, these are just some of the issues they’ll be poised to tackle:

Automatic voter registration

Same-day voter registration

True early voting (instead of just one week of in-person absentee voting)

Removing the excuse requirement to vote absentee by mail

Extending Election Day polling hours

Curtailing the disenfranchisement of voters who have felony convictions

Legislators in several other states have passed many of these policies, but there’s still more that Virginia Democrats can consider: