Republican-backed bills to tighten state voting laws hit opposition from Democrats
The RNC last month said it was forming a new Committee on Election Integrity to support states’ voter ID laws and to ensure that poll watchers are allowed to observe vote counts. “Our core principle is making it as easy as possible to vote, but as hard as possible to cheat,” said Florida Republican Party Chairman Joe Gruters, who is leading an RNC campaign to promote overhauls of state election laws. “Everybody should want fair elections and make sure every legal citizen has the ability to vote and every vote counts,” he told The Washington Times. Democrats call the measures “raci...