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Republican State Legislatures passed a record number of bills curtailing

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voter access in the first five months of 2021 the

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year after national elections, saw the highest turnout election

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in modern history without evidence of widespread voter fraud.

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Legislators in 14 states, all of which are controlled

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by Republican governors and legislators, have passed 22 bills

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to curtail access to the ballot box, according to

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account maintained by the Brennan Center for Justice at new

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york University. That surpasses the previous record set in

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2011 and 14 states passed 19 new laws restricting ballot

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access.