
Republican-led legislatures push forward with efforts to restrict voting access
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Republican-controlled legislatures are charging forward with a raft of new state laws imposing limits on voting.
GOP lawmakers in Montana recently passed new voting restrictions. And GOP legislators in Florida, Arizona and Texas soon could follow -- as Republicans scramble to change the ground rules for future elections. "It's continuing full-speed ahead on this nationwide trend by state legislators to restrict voting access," said Jonathan Diaz, legal counsel for voting rights at the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center.
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