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More than 80% of Democrats polled believe the government should focus on making voting easier. At nearly the same rate, Republicans say a top priority should be making sure registered voters are actually eligible.

The bill — dubbed the Voting Rights Protection Act — includes stricter voter ID, signature verification requirements for mail ballots, and limits on drop boxes.

“These conspiracy theorists are in it for the long haul. They’re in it to completely crumble our republic, and they’re looking at these election administrator positions.”

Voting rights advocates say those and other provisions of the bill would make voting more difficult in Texas.

The Senate Rules Committee on Tuesday held a contentious markup of legislation to revamp the nation’s voting and campaign finance rules, laying bare the deep partisan divide over how elections should be run.

In the wake of last year’s massive voter turnout, lawmakers across the country have proposed hundreds of bills to reform how their states conduct elections.