If at first you don’t succeed, try, try — to change how the contest is conducted. That’s the backdrop for all of the legislation across the country that would restrict voting access in the wake of Donald Trump’s presidential loss back in November. Republicans hold legislative majorities and governorships in 24 states — including battlegrounds like Arizona, Florida, Georgia, even Texas — and 22 of them are pursuing voting restrictions. Eleven of these states are attempting to replace restrictions on mail-in voting, according to research from the Brennan Center compiled by NBC’s Caitlin Hartman (Arizona, Georgia, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas, Idaho, Florida, South Carolina, Iowa, Alaska and South Dakota). Nine are trying to create barriers for casting mail ballots (Arizona, Oklahoma, Iowa, Alaska, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Idaho, Indiana). Nine are seeking to expand voter-roll purges (Alabama, Arizona, Mississippi, New Hampshire, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Florida). Eight are trying to limit voter-registration opportunities (Alaska, Arizona, Iowa, Mississippi, Texas, Montana, New Hampshire, Georgia). And eight are attempting to implement stricter voting ID laws (Arkansas, Arizona, Missouri, New Hampshire, Nebraska, Wyoming, Georgia, Idaho).
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