significant. 19 states have passed 34 voter restriction laws in 2021 alone, more than any other year in the last decade. in arizona, and florida, republican politicians want to establish election security police forces. a candidate for governor in georgia is campaigning on the same idea. and it is a hot mess in texas, where hundreds of mail-in ballot applications are being rejected under a new restrictive voting law. joining me now, ari berman, at mother jones and author of give us the vote. thank you for coming back to the sunday show. harris county, texas, their judge linda idalgo says confusion has led to one in three vote by mail applications being flagged for rejection. what is it about this voter i.d. situation that is making that possible? good morning, jonathan. thank you for having me back. well, the texas law makes it
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congressional seats, but politico reports some state lawmakers are pushing for a 7-1 map instead. tennessee, republicans are successfully advancing a plan to split nashville into three districts. then in florida, governor ron desantis admitted his own redistricting map that would give republicans more seats. it s not just redistricting, though. in georgia one rural county is trying to consolidate seven voting locations into one, and that plan has been temporarily blocked by a voting rights group. in texas a county judge and voting rights advocate there sounding the alarm over restrictive election laws passed leading to one in three vote by mail applications being flagged for rejection. that s in harris county. that is also texas s most populous county. joining me once again, california congressman ro khanna, a member of the house armed services, agriculture and oversight committees. thanks for sticking with us. so let s get to these headlines, congressman, because when you see them,
my seniors is so many of them were used to someone sending them their vote by mail application, and because of the new laws that will criminalize elected officials for sending out those ballot by mail applications, not that there s any fraud with the application itself, a lot of seniors were kind of sitting around waiting on those applications and the applications never arrived. that is so frustrating to hear, because one of the things that we hear from proponents of these laws is that this is to prevent fraud, or some sort of nefarious voting in elections but when you have legitimate voters who are following the directions and yet still they re not able to participate, i mean what does that say to you about the goal of the people who implemented these rules and made them confusing in the first place? i mean and what s your message to the texans who are dealing with this difficulty? it s the definition of suppression. that s what you just stated. you defined what voter