GOP lawmakers seek tougher voting rules after record turnout

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican efforts to restrict voting access are taking shape in statehouses across the country with a flurry of legislation aimed at limiting measures that led to record turnout in the 2020 presidential election. GOP lawmakers have filed scores of bills to impose new restrictions on mail-in voting, strengthen voter ID requirements and tighten registration procedures. The lawmakers are using President Donald Trump’s false claims of widespread voter fraud to justi