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Senator Joe Manchin III, Democrat of West Virginia, appeared to slam the door on the far-reaching measure when he wrote in a home state newspaper he will not vote for any partisan voting bill.

Republicans hit a significant stumbling block in their push to enact some of the strictest voting laws in the nation. But they could yet pass the measures through a special session of the Legislature.

A Florida Republican on Election Integrity and Trump’s Fraud Claims Byron Donalds, a newly elected congressman, says Republicans are trying to secure elections, not suppress votes. And he disputes Donald Trump’s influence on trust. Representative Byron Donalds, a Republican, was elected from Florida’s 19th Congressional District in 2020.Credit...Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times May 22, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET In the wake of the 2020 presidential election, Republicans have pushed s...

A Florida Republican on Election Integrity and Trump’s Fraud Claims Byron Donalds, a newly elected congressman, says Republicans are trying to secure elections, not suppress votes. And he disputes Donald Trump’s influence on trust. Representative Byron Donalds, a Republican, was elected from Florida’s 19th Congressional District in 2020.Credit...Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times May 22, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET In the wake of the 2020 presidential election, Republicans have pushed s...

Just How Strict Will Texas Republicans’ Voting Bill Be? Republicans in the state recently softened the bill to remove measures banning drive-through voting and 24-hour voting. But one key state senator wants to add them back. During the coronavirus pandemic, Harris County introduced a drive-through voting option, which more than 127,000 voters used in the general election.Credit...Go Nakamura for The New York Times May 17, 2021Updated 3:19 p.m. ET AUSTIN, Texas — As Texas Republicans ...

The Texas Voting Bill, Explained The state’s Republican-controlled Legislature is likely to decide this week on a path forward for sweeping new voting restrictions. Here’s what’s in the bill and what could happen in the coming days. The Texas voting bill would place new restrictions on absentee voting and empower partisan poll watchers.Credit...Tamir Kalifa for The New York Times Published May 10, 2021Updated May 12, 2021 AUSTIN — Texas is one of the last major battleground states in th...

Inside Democrats’ Scramble to Repel the G.O.P. Voting Push Lacking effective legislative or legal ways to stop Republicans from introducing new voting limits, Democrats are applying pressure on their allies in Washington and trying to energize supporters. Protesting new restrictions on voting at the Texas State Capitol on Thursday in Austin.Credit...Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman, via Associated Press May 7, 2021Updated 7:08 p.m. ET Democrats are struggling to build a surefire legal str...

Florida and Texas Join the March as Republicans Press Voting Limits The efforts in two critical battleground states with booming populations and 70 Electoral College votes between them represent the apex of the Republican effort to roll back access to voting. The Texas House of Representatives debated the voting bill in Austin on Thursday.Credit...Eric Gay/Associated Press May 6, 2021 Hours after Florida installed a rash of new voting restrictions, the Republican-led Legislature in Texas presse...

What’s in Florida’s New Voting Law? Voting rights groups filed lawsuits shortly after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation reducing voting access in the battleground state. Critics said the law will disproportionately affect people of color. A ballot drop box in West Palm Beach, Fla., last November. Florida is the latest Republican-led state to impose voting restrictions after November’s elections.Credit...Saul Martinez for The New York Times May 7, 2021 Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida, a Re...

Vladimir Putin took part in the CIS Heads of State Council meeting via videoconference. December 18, 2020 Novo-Ogaryovo, Moscow Region The participants in the videoconference, chaired by the Republic of Uzbekistan, discussed the current state of and prospects for developing cooperation within the CIS Background information Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in the political, trade, economic, social and cultural spheres, as well as joint efforts to counter the ...