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Public. all democrats, all independents and a vast majority of republican women and at least half of republican men. 83%. on background checks, gun safety legislation raising the age and banning assault weapons, this is an 80 plus issue. all democrats, republican women and at least half of republican men. on making voting easy it's another 80 plus issue. so the supreme court is like a stack of pancakes, on the opposite side of the american people on the three biggest issues when people think of an assault on democracy. then they've got a crappy ethics code. right? it's less than every other fe...

Fraud. none. the issue is becoming central to the entire gop legislative agenda nationwide. in so far there is a gop legislative agenda. the john lewis voting rights act and freedom to vote act address the issues that remain. i'll break them down in details during the show. recent developments under score the importance and need for the specific federal protections. just yesterday, the ohio supreme court tossed out the redistricting map. a judge in wisconsin ruled that absentee drop boxes are not allowed under state law. the 2020 elections proved that making voting easier benefits the country....

Senator joe manchin has suggested that he could only support a $1 trillion to $1.5 trillion plan. house speaker nancy pelosi rejected his call for a strategic pause on moving forward with an evenly divided senate, democrats can't lose a single vote on the bill. latest restrictions on voting are now law in the state of texas and that is just one of several controversial issues that have republican governor greg abbott losing support. ed lavendera has more. >> reporter: last year about 127,000 people cast their presidential ballots at drive-thru voting locations in harris county. it was an ide...

Ed lavandera is "outfront". >> reporter: last year 127,000 people cast their ballots in a drive-through in harris county. it was an idea born out of the pandemic and celebrated as a secure way of making voting safe and conveniconvenient. >> you're more likely to be struck by lightning than experience mail ballot fraud. plain and simple. >> i election integrity is now law. >> reporter: drive-through voting is banned in texas. it's one of the extensive measures included in a controversial election bill signed by republican greg abbott. critics call it one of the most restrictive election laws in...

If there is one thing republicans have been fixated on since november it's making voting in the 2022 and 2024 elections as hard as possible. the brenden center for justice has found, quote, between january 1st and may 14th of 2021 at least 14 states enacted 22 new lus that restrict access to it vote. the united states is on track to far exceed its most recent period of significant voter suppression, 2011. and we are seeing those attempts to restrict access to the vote play out on the ground. earlier this summer republicans in the wisconsin legislature passed a series of bills restricting who c...