The GOP's new voting laws: Disenfranchising 5 million Americans?

A liberal think tank warns that a Republican anti-voter-fraud campaign is really a disguised effort to freeze out Democratic voters in 2012

South Carolina residents vote in the 2008 Republican presidential primary: New rules in South Carolina and several other states may prevent millions of Americans from voting in 2012, accordin
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A wave of new Republican-driven election laws will make it harder for millions of eligible voters to cast ballots in 2012, according to a report by New York University Law School's liberal Brennan Center for Justice. The restrictive changes — many in crucial battleground states — are so extensive that they could even tip a tight election, the liberal think tank says. Here, a brief guide to the new laws, and their potential effect:

What do the new laws change?

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