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I'm Dave Davies and today for Terry Gross.

As former president Donald Trump and his allies continue to press unfounded claims that the

2020 election was stolen, voting rights activists have been sounding alarms about

bills proposed in state legislatures which would restrict voting in future elections.

A new report from the Brennan Center for Justice finds that as of mid-January,

legislatures in 27 states are considering more than 250 bills with restrictive provisions

compared to 75 such bills a year ago, a tripling of proposals to restrict the vote.

The report also finds that there are at least 41 bills that would undermine the electoral process

by among other things giving partisan actors more influence and preventing citizens to initiate

or conduct post-election audits.

At the same time, the survey noted 32 states are considering bills which would expand

access to voting.

To get a sense of how election rules might change and their impact, we've invited Michael

Waldman to join us.

He's president of the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU Law School, a nonpartisan law

and policy institute focused on improving systems of democracy and justice.

He was the director of speech writing for President Bill Clinton from 1995 to 1999.

He's written several books including The Fight To Vote about the history of American battles

over voting rights.

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