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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...