Republicans have already filed dozens of bills to restrict voting in 2023

[marmar]

(Guardian UK) Republican lawmakers across the country have already filed dozens of bills that would restrict voting, including proposals in Texas that would increase criminal penalties on people who violate voting laws and enact a new law enforcement unit to prosecute election crimes.

The 2023 legislative session comes in the wake of an election that was described by many voting rights advocates as a triumph of democracy, despite the restrictive voting laws that were in place in 20 states for the first time last year.

Before this session, at least 26 states enacted, expanded or increased the severity of 120 election-related criminal penalties.

This year, Republican-controlled legislatures plan to continue pressing for laws that they say would help prevent widespread voter fraud, a problem that voting advocates say does not exist but nonetheless continues to be alleged by Donald Trump and his allies. Several pre-filed bills would further criminalize voters and election officials, a trend that has been occurring across the US in the past few years. ...........(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jan/17/voting-rights-republicans-texas-restrictions

[kimbutgar]

1. Someone should publish those bills and see if they are the same written verbiage or cut and paste

To point out that repukes are puppets of corporate America.

[Lonestarblue]

3. ALEC writes many Republican bills.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. The Gangsters Of Putin are fine-tuning their selection of voters.