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Depending on where you live, the way you vote could change significantly ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.

Republican state legislators have introduced hundreds of bills that would tighten access to voting around the country. wapo.st/3uK4hKm

Many of the bills target mail voting and other policies that helped safeguard the franchise during the coronavirus pandemic and helped produce the highest turnout among American voters in more than a century. wapo.st/3yVt1Ta

As of mid-May, 14 states had enacted 22 laws with provisions that create new hurdles to vote, and another 61 such bills were still advancing in 18 states, according to the Brennan Center.

Here are some of the most significant new state voting restrictions⏬

Republicans in Arizona have proposed some bills that take on specific aspects of the voting process.

The first to pass changed the state’s popular Permanent Early Voting List, which determines who receives mail ballots. Gov. Doug Ducey (R) signed it into law May 11.

Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, a close ally of Trump, signed a state law on May 6 that institutes a number of changes, including requiring voters to renew their mail voting application every two years and to submit a form of identification. wapo.st/2SQOXOK

Georgia’s new voting law signed by Gov. Brian Kemp (R) on March 25 imposes a number of restrictions on voting in the state, earning it comparisons to the Jim Crow laws that effectively blocked Black men and women from voting in the American South. wapo.st/3vNeJ4W

Iowa was among the first states to approve an omnibus voting restriction bill, signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds (R). It shortens the application period for mail ballots and bars election officials from proactively sending application forms to voters. wapo.st/3uK4hKm

With roughly half of all state governments under Republican control — and momentum for new voting restrictions throughout the GOP — the impact on tens of millions of voters could be dramatic. wapo.st/3fK4gBL

As more legislatures wrap up their work for the year, there are a few states that could still take action.

Here’s what to watch in coming weeks: wapo.st/3uK4hKm