The Times describes the latest efforts to restrict voting access in a “second wave” of legislation that follows efforts in 2021 driven by Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud.
Republican-controlled legislatures allied with the former president have passed significant new restrictions in Ohio, Arkansas and Wyoming.
But unlike the first wave in 2021, the new effort to restrict voting access has moved away from advancing expansive measures with a new strategy described to The Times by an operator as “radical incrementalism,” by focusing on more limited goals less likely to provoke political backlash.
“They haven’t stopped trying to change how our elections are run. They’re just doing it out of the spotlight,” Lydgate told The Times, noting that some of the measures the groups are promoting could go into effect in time for next year’s presidential race.