The U.S. Senate is again preparing to take up controversial voting rights legislation. But the Kentucky Republican said a chief concern is overblown.
"We have seen officials—these officials whose only job is to count the vote accurately—being threatened by the same forces," said Schumer. He added that"democracy is at stake here."The nonpartisan States United Democracy Center issued a report last month detailing over 260 bills introduced by Republican state legislators the group described as"promoting election sabotage." Of these bills, 32 have become law across 17 states.
The report pointed to examples in battleground states, including in Pennsylvania where lawmakers are advancing a constitutional amendment that would allow the Legislature to undo regulations issued by the state's head election officer. In Wisconsin, legislators have targeted the bipartisan state Elections Commission, according to the report. Local Republican parties in Michigan have replaced appointees to county canvassing boards in eight of the 11 largest counties in the state, the report said.
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