Elise Viebeck

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Voting-rights advocates, election policy experts and some state and local officials have leveled sharp accusations of incompetence at former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman and said his review – which will cost taxpayers at least $680,000 – is hurting public trust in state elections.

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Michael Gableman, a former Wisconsin Supreme Court justice hired by Republicans to probe the 2020 election, issued subpoenas for records and testimony from officials in at least four major cities.

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Trump campaign researchers debunked various conspiracy theories about Dominion Voting Systems rigging the election for President Biden, new records included in a lawsuit show.

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Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania on Wednesday approved subpoenas for a wide range of voter data as part of an investigation into the 2020 election in a state former president Donald Trump has repeatedly targeted with unfounded claims of fraud.

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Larry Elder, the leading Republican candidate to replace California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) if a recall succeeds, has joined former president Donald Trump in falsely claiming fraud in the election before votes were counted.

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Red and blue states are increasingly moving in opposite directions, with Republicans heeding former president Donald Trump’s calls to tighten voting rules, while Democrats move to loosen them.

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The bill, which Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is expected to quickly sign into law, bans measures such as drive-through voting, which was adopted in Harris County during the pandemic last year, and empowers partisan poll watchers.

The bill targets several methods of voting that were implemented in Texas during the pandemic to help people cast ballots safely, banning drive-through and 24-hour voting.

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The Texas House passed a bill that further restricts voting in the state, a measure Democrats had blocked for weeks by fleeing to D.C.