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GOP push for state election reviews mixed, but sows distrust

FILE - An observer overlooks as Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas, on May 6, 2021, at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. The push by Republicans to conduct partisan ballot reviews like the one that unfolded last year in Arizona has spread beyond battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump. Lawmakers in GOP-dominated state legislative chambers are calling not only for another look at the 2020 presidential election but also the ability to question future contests. (AP Photo/Matt York, Pool, File) FILE - In this May 6, 2021 file photo, Maricopa County ballots cast in the 2020 general election are examined and recounted by contractors working for Florida-based company, Cyber Ninjas at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. The push by Republicans to conduct partisan ballot reviews like the one that unfolded last year in Arizona has spread beyond battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump. Lawmakers in GOP-dominated state legislative chambers are calling not only for another look at the 2020 presidential election but also the ability to question future contests. (AP Photo/Matt York, Pool, File) FILE - In this Feb. 11, 2021 file photo, Virginia State Sen. Amanda Chase, R-Chesterfield, front, works on a laptop computer before a Senate special session in Richmond, Va. The push by Republicans to conduct partisan ballot reviews like the one that unfolded last year in Arizona has spread beyond battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump. Lawmakers in GOP-dominated state legislative chambers are calling not only for another look at the 2020 presidential election but also the ability to question future contests. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File) FILE- Jefferson E. Davis, spokesman for a group pushing for a broad review of the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin, holds up a copy of the Declaration of Independence before leading a group of about 100 people into the state Capitol offices of Republican state leaders asking them to sign subpoenas for access to voting machines, ballots and other election material, on Sept. 10, 2021, in Madison, Wis. The push by Republicans to conduct partisan ballot reviews like the one that unfolded last year in Arizona has spread beyond battleground states disputed by former President Donald Trump. Lawmakers in GOP-dominated state legislative chambers are calling not only for another look at the 2020 presidential election but also the ability to question future contests. (AP Photo/Scott Bauer, File)
GOP push for state election reviews mixed, but sows distrust