Election laws still in flux in many states

Voters at Old St. Mary's Church in Chicago.
This file photo shows voters at the polls set up at Old St. Mary's Church in Chicago on March 15, 2016.
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The requirements for getting a ballot have always varied state by state. But this year the rules seem to be changing weekly in some places as courts and legislators push and pull over what kind of restrictions are allowed under the Constitution and the Voting Rights Act that the Supreme Court weakened significantly in 2013.

In Wisconsin, voters are showing photo IDs. In North Carolina, voters do not need a photo ID, but they may encounter "vote protector" monitors in busy precincts. And in Texas, confusion about voting laws has been a consistent problem, leading to poor voter turnout.

Author Ari Berman and professor Dan Tokaji discussed what has happened in many states concerning voter access and why the facts simply don't support Donald Trump's claims of a rigged election.

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