Twenty-six states have made voting less accessible since 2020, research suggests. Where are they?
How easy is it to vote in your state?While many American states have increased voting access in recent years, data from the Center for Public Integrity has found that 26 have made voting less accessible since 2020.Newsweek spoke to Allyson Shortle, associate professor in American politics at the University of Oklahoma, to learn more about these discrepancies.
Other restrictions include cumbersome registration processes, restrictive absentee and vote-by-mail rules, frequent and aggressive voter roll purges and reduced Election Day ballot drop box availability.Shortle said that many of these restrictions had been introduced as a result of former President Donald Trump's evidence-free claims of voter fraud during the 2020 election. She gave her home state of Oklahoma as an example.
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