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24 Mar, 7 tweets, 3 min read
Right-wing elected officials across the country are working to narrow access to our democracy or to use public office to serve the few.

Here are some of the latest threats to democracy in Florida, Georgia, Texas, and more.
Conservative Florida lawmakers have advanced a bill that would make voting by mail harder and would ban ballot drop boxes — despite some of those same lawmakers’ public acknowledgment that the 2020 election went smoothly. #flpol
heraldtribune.com/story/news/pol…
Those efforts to limit democratic participation are being matched in dozens of other states. Texas Republicans are rolling out a slew of bills limiting early voting and tightening ID requirements. #TXleg
nbcnews.com/politics/elect…
In Wisconsin, a top conservative political donor is suing to prevent municipal clerks from using ballot drop boxes or fixing absentee ballots. #WIpol
jsonline.com/story/news/pol…
Kansas’ SB 292 would restrict community ballot collection. #KSpol
democracydocket.com/2021/03/kansas…
And a Georgia bill would limit weekend voting hours, hampering “Souls to the Polls” events conducted by Black churches. #gapol
ajc.com/politics/plan-…
We’ve been investigating attacks on voting rights for over two years, and we’re expanding that work now. Learn more about our efforts here:
americanoversight.org/areas_of_inves…

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