he s right. failure to pass federal voting protections is simply n an option when the opposing forces remain hard at work. while federal election legislation remains stalled, republicans at the state level are taking a sledgehammer with the big lie at the tip of the sphere. according to the brennan center, 13 bills restrictioning access to voting have been pre-filed for the 2022 legislative session in four states. in addition, at least 152 restrictive voting bills in 18 states will carry over from 2021, end quote. that, by the way, is in addition to the 19 states that passed a combined 34 new voter restrictions last year. this thing is in full swing. the republicans behind this renewed effort are doing so in bad faith. they say it s about voter fraud, but it s not.