free, fair, honest and able to be fully and quickly audited. reporter: using those debunked allegations to post election ballot reviews. lawmakers in 19 states passed 34 restrictive bills in 2021, according to brennan s analysis. brianna an center president michael waldman said it is a sharp uptick driven by trump s rhetoric. the big lie has driven states across the country to enact new laws to make it harder for people to vote. some are worse than others, but they are invariably targeted at black and brown and asian voters. it is the biggest attempt to roll back voting rights since the jim crow era. reporter: senate democrats are insisting their stalled national voting rights legislation is top of the agenda in the new year, but state republican lawmakers are already chugging ahead with voting restrictions. if congress doesn t act, it gives a green light to these