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"I don't think it's going to be a quiet year": State legislatures keep pushing to change voting laws after 2020 election


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Shortened window to apply for mail ballot: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Kentucky, New York, OklahomaHarder to remain on absentee or early voting list: Arizona, FloridaRestrictions on sending unsolicited mail ballot applications: Georgia, Iowa, TexasLimits on drop boxes: Florida, Georgia, Iowa, IndianaNew ID requirements: Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Montana, New Hampshire, Texas, WyomingReduce or limit polling place locations or hours: Iowa, Montana, TexasRepublican proponents say the changes would make it "harder to cheat." The net result, election experts say, could make it harder for some voters to cast their ballot. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis — who last year called Florida's 2020 election "the smoothest, most successful election of any state in the country" —  is pushing lawmakers to create a law enforcement division to investigate allegations of voter fraud, require more security at drop boxes, and make ballot harvesting – when third-party groups collect mail ballots – a third degree felony. Republicans in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania also launched reviews of the 2020 presidential election last year."We're cognizant of some states where these audits have happened, these partisan reviews have happened, have turned up really no evidence of election fraud, but nevertheless are being used to sort of push for other restrictive legislation," Singh said.Some states in 2021 expanded access to the ballot, including increasing early voting opportunities, making voter registration easier and restoring voting rights to people with past convictions. That gridlock might have been preventable if Democrats had worked to court Republican support following the January 6 attack rather than asking Republicans to sign on to their bills, said Edward Foley, the director or Election Law at the Ohio State University."The Democrats tried to nationalize their preferred set of voting rules with HR1 and just completely polarized this debate and claimed that everything they didn't agree with was voter suppression," Foley said.

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