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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

GOP pushed dozens of ‘election subversion’ bills to hijack results in 2020’s wake, report finds

AP

A baseless narrative that the 2020 presidential election was “stolen” from Donald Trump has fuelled a wave of state-level efforts to subvert democratic elections with legislation that makes it easier for partisan officials to undermine voters.

Over the last year, Republican state legislators filed dozens of bills to change the rules of election administration and strip oversight from election officials, efforts that democratic advocates have warned could invite bogus fraud investigations or try to overturn results entirely.

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