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Texas Legislature sends sweeping GOP voting bill to governor

By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press, Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America

The nearly 75-page bill that won final approval Tuesday in both the House and Senate would ban 24-hour polling locations and empowers partisan poll watchers.

Texas GOP advances voting bill after Democrats’ holdout ends

By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press, Acacia Coronado, Associated Press/Report for America

Texas Republicans advanced new voting restrictions Thursday night after months of protests by Democrats, who after returning from a 38-day walkout are now all but out of ways to stop a bill that includes a ban on drive-thru voting and…

Democrats renew push on elections bill that Republicans vow to block

By Brian Slodysko, Associated Press

Democrats are renewing their push to enact their marquee elections bill. Republicans say the bill amounts to a partisan takeover of elections.

Wisconsin governor vetoes GOP bills to restrict absentees

By Scott Bauer, Associated Press

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a series of bills Tuesday passed by the state's Republican-controlled Legislature that would have imposed new restrictions on absentee ballots in the key battleground state.

Nationwide restrictions on ballot box access raise alarms for democracy advocates

By PBS NewsHour

Democrats in Washington have so far been unsuccessful in their push for federal election reform, and meanwhile, some Republican state lawmakers are passing their own, more restrictive voting laws. Rev. William Barber, co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign, and Democratic…

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WATCH: House committee discusses Texas voting rights

By News Desk and Associated Press

The GOP's voting bill in Texas would ban 24-hour polling places, prohibit ballot drop boxes and empower partisan poll watchers, moves that Democrats say are designed to suppress and intimidate voters.

WATCH: Officials, lawmakers testify on efforts to undermine election integrity

By News Desk

Local election officials and lawmakers testified before the House Administration Committee on Wednesday on efforts to subvert the integrity of U.S. elections.

WATCH: Harris hosts voting rights conversation with Native American leaders, Secretary Haaland

By Felicia Fonseca

Vice President Kamala Harris hosted a voting rights conversation with Native American leaders and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland on Tuesday.

WATCH: Schumer meets with Texas legislators about voting

By Associated Press

"These lawmakers are brave, they're courageous. And they are simply fighting for the right of every Texan to have the right to vote," he said.

WATCH: Biden calls GOP state voting restrictions ‘un-American’

By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

President Joe Biden declared that preserving voting rights is “a test of our time” Tuesday as Texas Democrats took dramatic action to stymie their state's latest effort in a nationwide Republican push to tighten ballot restrictions.