Posted on 09/02/2021 11:02:54 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
A monthslong campaign by the Republican Party, fueled in part by the false narrative of widespread fraud in last year’s presidential election, has led to a wave of new voting laws that will tighten access to the ballot for millions of Americans.
The restrictions especially target voting methods that have been rising in popularity across the country, erecting hurdles to mail balloting and early voting that saw explosive growth during the pandemic. More than 40% of all voters last fall cast mail ballots, a record.
Texas is the latest state to crack down, after the Republican-controlled Legislature passed a bill Tuesday taking aim at Democratic-leaning counties that have sought to expand access to the ballot.
Republican lawmakers and their allies say the new laws are meant to ensure election integrity, but Democrats and voting rights activists say they instead will end up disenfranchising voters, especially young people and minorities. In Texas, the bill prompted Democratic lawmakers to flee to the nation’s capital to prevent a legislative quorum, a protest that ended when a handful of lawmakers returned after more than a month away from home.
The Texas bill, expected to be signed soon by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, follows similar legislation this year in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Iowa and some other GOP-controlled states. Restrictions also are being pushed in Ohio, where Republicans control the Legislature and governor’s office.
Among the most consistent targets of Republican lawmakers this year have been mail ballots and early in-person voting, after many states expanded those options to make voting safer during the coronavirus outbreak.
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Maybe because there was no control of the ballots so there was no way to verify if the person the ballot was intended for actually was the one who cast a vote. Did you think of that Ass Press.
Translation: You must accept Democrat cheating, or we will all die from Covid-19.
“embraced” LMAO.
Fearmongering led to the abuse and voter fraud of mail in voting. Sh*t happens on a large scale in 22’, game is over for this country.
The dead voters _really_ loved the mail in ballots.
How can mean folks try to deny them their voting rights?
That is opinion and commentary by AP. It is not news.
AP has long been a leader of/propagandist for, the Left.
“False narrative”
Fact check: false
Not all voters embrace voting by mail.
Cracking down on fraud sure has these folks upset.
“false narrative”
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Fake news.
“Expend access to the ballot” is Demspeak for “allow us to stuff the box.” Can’t expect much better from the AP.
Because it’s soooo hard for young people and minorities to produce an ID. This country used to show up at the polls for election on ONE day, and people managed to vote, the only ones it’s going to be hard on is the dead.
“Democrats and voting rights activists say they instead will end up disenfranchising voters, especially young people and minorities.”
Stealing elections disenfranchises ALL voters.
AP, always striving to exceed the propaganda bar set by Pravda.
Cheaters embraced mail-in ballots. Voters did not.
I always vote absentee by mail here in Indiana.
Every time I clicked on a link to an Associated Press article, this was displayed on my taskbar:
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