WAPO analysis: How GOP-backed voting measures could create hurdles for tens of millions of voters
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2021/voting-restrictions-republicans-states/
The GOP’s national push to enact hundreds of new election restrictions could strain every available method of voting for tens of millions of Americans, potentially amounting to the most sweeping contraction of ballot access in the United States since the end of Reconstruction, when Southern states curtailed the voting rights of formerly enslaved Black men, a Washington Post analysis has found.
In 43 states across the country, Republican lawmakers have proposed at least 250 laws that would limit mail, early in-person and Election Day voting with such constraints as stricter ID requirements, limited hours or narrower eligibility to vote absentee, according to data compiled as of Feb. 19 by the nonpartisan Brennan Center for Justice. Even more proposals have been introduced since then.
Nicole is talking about this live on MSNBC now. This is horrifying. 10s of millions??? I cannot stress enough my opinion that HR 1 is the most critical piece of legislation since the end of the civil war. It must be passed!
