States enacted 34 laws this year that add hurdles to the voting process — more than any other year for at least a decade, according toThe surge in mostly Republican voting bills across 19 states follows former President Trump's unfounded claims of election fraud and the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.The report found that more than one-third of all restrictive voting laws in the U.S. enacted over the past decade were passed in 2021.This trend is on track to continue.
Meanwhile, legislators in five states have pre-filed bills launching or allowing partisan audits of the 2020 election or future elections. That follows efforts to conduct these reviews in multiple states this year —The center highlighted 11 states — Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin — as having efforts underway that are most concerning to ballot access.
State legislatures in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin passed restrictive voting bills that were ultimately vetoed by the states' governors. All three governors are up for re-election next year.Of the 34 new laws enacted this year, seven would shorten the time voters have to apply for a mail ballot. There was increased use of mail-in ballots during the pandemic.
Some of the laws allow officials to remove a voter from a list to automatically receive mail-in ballots if they do not cast at least one mail-in vote over four years. Others impose stricter voter ID requirements at the polls or stricter signature requirements to cast a mail ballot.Editor's note: This story has been corrected to reflect that more than one-third of all restrictive voting laws in the U.S. enacted over the past decade were passed in 2021, not 2020.Our goal is to create a safe and engaging place for users to connect over interests and passions.
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More blatant propaganda & opinion from Yahoo - Could easily read: States enacted 34 laws to clean up & safeguard our election process.
Let's have a decent look at laws. Every qualified citizen should be able to register and vote. It's very important that our elections be honest. I still have doubts about our last one. Requiring ID is NOT racist. Getting one should be easy and done honestly too.
So sad for our Constitutional Republic that many states are suppressing votes.