CNN: Republicans press ahead with voting restrictions in key states, even as legal fights mount over new Georgia law
03.30.2021 / By Fredreka Schouten and Kelly Mena
CNN: Republicans press ahead with voting restrictions in key states, even as legal fights mount over new Georgia law
(CNN) Republicans in key electoral states continue to advance bills to clamp down on ballot access, even as voting and civil rights groups move to challenge new voting restrictions in the battleground state of Georgia.
Arizona, Texas, Michigan and Florida are among the states where lawmakers are pushing restrictions, many of them citing former President Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud as a reason to tighten the rules around voting — moves that would also hinder Democratic-leaning voters. …
“It is an all-sides attack on voting rights,” said Sylvia Albert, director of voting and elections for the voter advocacy group Common Cause. “The reality is that there are hundreds of suppressive proposed laws around the country.
“Honestly, it’s impossible to even keep track of them,” she said, “much less fight back.”