here s the brennan center today, quote, as of july 14th, 18 different states have enacted 30 new laws so far in 2021 that make it harder for americans to vote. in the same time period zero states have produced evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. in iowa and montana they have reduced the hours and location of polling places. in florida and georgia and indiana and iowa they ve limited the number and the location and the availability of drop boxes for ballots. in georgia and iowa they have cut early voting. in alabama, arkansas, georgia, iowa, kentucky, oklahoma, they ve shortened the time you get to apply for a mail ballot. in arkansas they ve also shortened the amount of time you have to get that ballot back in. in arizona and florida they ll be kicking people off the absentee voter lists. in arizona, iowa, florida, kentucky, louisiana, texas, utah, they ll be expanding voter
introduced but passed 30 new laws restricting the right to vote. quote, as of july 14th 18 different states have enacted 30 new laws so far in 2021 that make it harder for americans to vote. in the same time period zero states have produced evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. in iowa and montana they have reduced the hours and location of polling places. in florida and georgia and indiana and iowa they ve limited the number and the location and the availability of drop boxes for ballots. in georgia and iowa they have cut early voting. in alabama, arkansas, georgia, iowa, kentucky, oklahoma, they ve shortened the time you get to apply for a mail ballot. in arkansas they ve also shortened the amount of time you have to get that ballot back in. in arizona and florida they ll be kicking people off the absentee voter lists. in arizona, iowa, florida, kentucky, louisiana, texas, utah they ll be expanding voter purges, kicking people off the voter rolls entirely. in flori
different states have enacted 30 new laws, so far in 2021, that make it harder for americans to vote, and the same time period, zero states have produced evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election. in iowa, montana, they have reduced the hours and the location of polling places. in florida, georgia, india but they have limited the number, location availability of but mail in other states they shortened the time you get to apply for a mail ballot, in arkansas they ve also shorten the amount of time that you have to get that ballot back in. in arizona and florida they ll be kicking people off the absentee voting list, in arizona, iowa, florida kentucky utah they ll be expanding voter purges, kicking people off the voter rolls entirely. in florida, arkansas, new hampshire in wyoming there is harsher, stricter narrow voter i.d. requirements.
the country. tia can probably tell you, $25 million, not sure how far that s going to go in a place like georgia that already has these laws on the books, you know, if things go the way that they re expected to go in texas, don t know how far $25 million would go in a place like texas. and so, you know, you certainly have black organizers, black activists, telling me that they do plan to do exactly what, you know, vice president harris is urging people to do. to run up the score, to get people on the rolls and turned out in the face of voter purges and other expected 21 gs century voter suppression tactics that gop officials, operatives, lawmakers, et cetera, are expected to do over the coming months and upcoming election cycles, but you know, really, the remedy, the only remedy that has ever really, you know, stopped any of this, has been federal legislation, federal action. that s why folks at the state level, activists continue to fall for the passage of federal
re-enroll likely democratic voters. wisconsin democratic chairman ben wikler tells nbc news, quote, this is an organizing challenge, not a crisis. the purging of voters, quote, just adds to our to do list. it s a reason to work, not to freak out. joining us now is ben wikler, chair of the wisconsin democratic party. ben, thank you for being with us. thank you so much for having me ali. let me ask you about that quote. you call this an organizing challenge as opposed to a crisis. that s a different way than a number of democrats with whom we ve spoken characterize this. do you think this is a better way for democrats everywhere to look at these kinds of efforts, these voter purges and these other things that suppress the vote? there s no question we re in a crisis for democracy. the question is what do we do about it? as democrats i think often we have this tendency to oscillate between abject despair and