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Several new voting laws in mostly Republican-led states impose criminal penalties or fines for helping people register to vote — particularly affecting Asian American and Asian immigrant communities. The rules and their consequences — including the potential for jail time — have sowed fear and confusion among groups that provide translators, voter registration help and assistance with mail-in balloting.

Several new voting laws in mostly Republican-led states impose criminal penalties or fines for helping people register to vote — particularly affecting Asian American and Asian immigrant communities. The rules and their consequences — including the potential for jail time — have sowed fear and confusion among groups that provide translators, voter registration help and assistance with mail-in balloting.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- For a century, the League of Women Voters in Florida formed bonds with marginalized residents by helping them register to vote -- and, in recent years, those efforts have extended to the growing Asian American and Asian immigrant communities.

For a century, the League of Women Voters in Florida formed bonds with marginalized residents by helping them register to vote — and, in recent years, those efforts have extended to the growing Asian American and Asian immigrant communities. But a state law signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in May would have forced the group…

Several new voting laws in mostly Republican-led states impose criminal penalties or fines for helping people register to vote