Georgia’s Rep. Bee Nguyen, Stacey Abrams say voting is harder after 2020 By: Ariana Figueroa - July 21, 2021 7:58 am State Rep. Bee Nguyen said that in each of the three years she has been in Georgia’s Legislature, she’s seen Republicans try to pass bills that would make it harder to cast ballots. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder (file 2021) WASHINGTON—State Democratic legislators on Tuesday outlined their efforts to not only protect voting rights, but also expand them in their Republican-controlled state legislatures. During a panel discussion, state lawmakers from Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Texas and Florida discussed how they’ve fought against restrictive elections measures introduced and passed in their legislatures.