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IcyPeas

(21,863 posts)
Tue Mar 2, 2021, 02:02 AM Mar 2021

43 states... are considering 253 bills that would raise barriers to voting!! (NPR)

This is what they are working on to win in 2022.

The Brennan Center, a nonprofit that tracks voting laws, says that 43 states — including key swing states — are considering 253 bills that would raise barriers to voting, for example by reducing early voting days or limiting access to voting by mail. Lawmakers in a different set of 43 states have proposed expanding voter access, but Republicans have prioritized new security requirements and shorter voting periods.


https://www.npr.org/2021/02/28/970877930/why-republicans-are-moving-to-fix-elections-that-werent-broken?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=politics
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43 states... are considering 253 bills that would raise barriers to voting!! (NPR) (Original Post) IcyPeas Mar 2021 OP
Now Georgia lawmakers are moving to repair a system that was not shown to be broken. IcyPeas Mar 2021 #1

IcyPeas

(21,863 posts)
1. Now Georgia lawmakers are moving to repair a system that was not shown to be broken.
Tue Mar 2, 2021, 11:54 PM
Mar 2021
In Georgia, which President Biden won by nearly 12,000 votes, legislators are considering multiple bills to restrict voting. The most significant, House Bill 531, is before a committee chaired by Republican Rep. Barry Fleming. He said Democrat Stacey Abrams campaigned to expand voter access after losing a governor's race in 2018, and now Republicans want their own changes.


Lots more at link in OP.

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