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![An election sign placed outside the voting center at Riggs LaSalle Recreation Center in Washington, D.C., on November 8, 2022, during midterm election day.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1244628451-400x300.jpg)
A 2023 Wave of “Election Subversion” Bills Threatens 2024 Results
Legislation in 38 states would set conditions for the kind of “chaos and delay” that Trump exploited in 2020.
![Voters wait in line outside of a polling place in Houston, Texas on March 1, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/05/2023_05-08-texas-polling-site-400x300.jpg)
Texas House Passes Bill to Allow Election Workers to Carry Guns at Polling Sites
Voting rights advocates say the bill would only serve to intimidate voters and encourage vigilantism.
![Texas state representatives bow their heads in prayer in the House chamber during an invocation at the start of the 87th Legislature's special session at the State Capitol on July 8, 2021, in Austin, Texas.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/04/2023_0428-texas-400x300.jpg)
TX House OKs Bill to Remove Officials Who Refuse to Prosecute Abortion Providers
The bill aims to force left-leaning prosecutors to prosecute abortions — or risk being replaced by an Abbott appointee.
![Cleta Mitchell speaks about election integrity at the South Carolina Republican Party's inaugural "First in the South Republican Action Conference" in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on August 27, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/04/GettyImages-1242767643-400x300.jpg)
Republican Lawyer to GOP Donors: Restricting Campus Voting Should Be Priority
The intensifying GOP campaign against youth voting comes after young people had a major impact on the 2022 midterms.
![Ron Desantis stands in front of a sign reading "THE FLORIDA BLUEPRINT" while he speaks to an audience](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/03/2023_0309-desantis-400x300.jpg)
Florida Passes Law Helping Election Police Bypass Judicial Scrutiny
The law gives Gov. Ron DeSantis’s prosecutors more power to amp up Republican-led voter suppression efforts.
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Voter Suppression Laws Are Targeting Youth — But They Are Fighting Back
Youth voting blocs are so powerful that most schools have enough students to easily tip an election in key states.
![Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, on November 19, 2022.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/2023_0203-ron-desantis-400x300.jpg)
DeSantis Impeded Federal Officials’ Ability to Enforce Voting Law, Watchdog Says
The government has long sent election monitors to polling places to ensure laws like the Voting Rights Act are followed.
![An image of President Donald Trump is displayed on a screen as the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol conducts its final hearing in the Cannon House Office Building on December 19, 2022, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/2023_0202-january-6-committee-400x300.jpg)
January 6 Report Obscured the Role of Racism in the “Stop the Steal” Movement
Donald Trump fired up white nationalists by naming individual Black election workers as spoilers of his alleged victory.
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Texas GOP Seeks to Override Local Prosecutors Who Oppose “Voter Fraud” Agenda
The GOP's true intent is to suppress the vote, particularly in marginalized communities, one attorney said.
![People wait in line outside a polling place at the start of early voting on October 25, 2022, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/01/2023_0112-milwaukee-voting-400x300.jpg)
GOP Official Panned for Touting “Great and Important Decrease in Democrat Votes”
The Wisconsin Republican also bragged about a “major reduction happening in the overwhelming Black and Hispanic areas.”