- Several Democratic-led states (including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland and Washington) have passed new laws aimed at shielding their elections from federal interference.
- The measures range from keeping law enforcement and agents away from polling places and dropboxes to restricting access to voter rolls and protecting the counting of late-arriving mail ballots.
- Lawmakers say the laws respond to President Trump’s fraud rhetoric and threats to send federal officers to polls; legal fights with the federal government are likely but states may be on firm footing.
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