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The GOP Can’t Beat Gen Z, But It Can Stifle Its Vote<!-- wp:html --><p>Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/republicans-are-really-bad-at-selling-pro-life-policies-to-voters">Republicans</a> in state legislatures are working around the clock to make it harder for students to vote.</p> <p>Earlier this month, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/ron-desantis-surprising-record-with-a-woke-florida-health-office">Florida</a> politicians <a href="https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-florida-election-bill-effects-20230404-h636ibjfgfetlcq25j3ucd4zwq-story.html">rushed a bill through committee</a> that would stop people from voting by mail if they don’t have a verified Social Security number, a valid state-issued driver’s license, or a <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/florida-democrats-try-to-use-florida-gov-ron-desantis-school-book-ban-on-his-own-book-courage-to-be-free">Florida</a> ID card. These new rules could deter thousands of college students who attend school in Florida from voting by mail.</p> <p>This February, a bill in the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-a-texas-college-banned-a-drag-show-and-burned-the-first-amendment">Texas</a> legislature was <a href="https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/voting/2023/02/17/444142/polling-sites-voting-texas-college-campuses-banned-under-proposed-bill/">introduced</a> by a Republican member that would forbid polling locations on college campuses throughout the state. Then in March, Idaho lawmakers <a href="https://idahocapitalsun.com/2023/02/20/idaho-house-votes-to-prohibit-use-of-student-ids-to-verify-identity-for-voting/">used their power</a> to ban voting with student IDs.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/gop-cant-beat-gen-z-but-it-can-stifle-its-vote">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

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Republicans in state legislatures are working around the clock to make it harder for students to vote.

Earlier this month, Florida politicians rushed a bill through committee that would stop people from voting by mail if they don’t have a verified Social Security number, a valid state-issued driver’s license, or a Florida ID card. These new rules could deter thousands of college students who attend school in Florida from voting by mail.

This February, a bill in the Texas legislature was introduced by a Republican member that would forbid polling locations on college campuses throughout the state. Then in March, Idaho lawmakers used their power to ban voting with student IDs.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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