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ANALYSIS: Blue and Red States Diverge With Thousands of Election Bills in State Legislatures

Nearly 2,000 bills related to voting have been drafted by state legislators across the country. One election expert says there are two reasons why Americans are seeing so many efforts to change election laws in 2023.
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ANALYSIS: Blue and Red States Diverge With Thousands of Election Bills in State Legislatures
Early voting has been under way in Virginia's Nov. 7 General Assembly election since Sept. 22 in polling sites such as this this one in Hillsboro, where voters here are casting their ballots on Nov. 3, 2020. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
Patricia Tolson
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So far in 2023, nearly 2,000 bills related to voting have been drafted by state legislators across the country. One election expert says there are two reasons Americans are seeing so many efforts to change election laws.

According to data from the Voting Rights Lab, state legislators in all 50 states plus local lawmakers in the District of Columbia have already drafted 1,884 bills related to voting rights ahead of the 2024 presidential election cycle. By comparison, 2022 saw 2,218 bills in 45 states plus the capital, and 2021 saw 2,286 bills in 50 states plus the capital.
Patricia Tolson
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Patricia Tolson is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter who covers human interest stories, election policies, education, school boards, and parental rights. Ms. Tolson has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Yahoo!, U.S. News, and The Tampa Free Press. Send her your story ideas: [email protected]
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