GOP Lawmakers Are Trying to Overrule Voters on Everything From Medicaid to Weed
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference at Wellington Park Apartments on July 17, 2020, in Apopka, Florida.
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Amid growing concerns that Republicans will try to use new voting laws to overturn elections in the wake of a campaign of lies stoking unfounded fears about vote-rigging, GOP-led state legislatures across the country are already trying to reverse popular ballot initiatives approved by majorities of voters.
Missouri voters last year passed a ballot initiative to expand Medicaid. Arizona approved a new tax on the wealthy to fund schools. South Dakota legalized marijuana. But Republicans are trying to block those measures from being implemented and dozens of state legislatures are pushing new bills to make it harder to get voter initiatives on the ballot in the first place.