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Voter outreach groups targeted by new laws in several GOP-led states are struggling to do their work
![John Hanna Voting rights activists Chloe Chaffin, left, and Anita Alexander talk about the work of their Kansas group, Loud Light, at Washburn University, Friday, May 18, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. Their group does voter registration drives on college campuses but has suspended that work while it challenges a state elections law that it says hampers registration drives. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/John Hanna)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/001893c6c7854a17a6b461db8ca40e6b/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Voting rights activists Chloe Chaffin, left, and Anita Alexander talk about the work of their Kansas group, Loud Light, at Washburn University, Friday, May 18, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. Their group does voter registration drives on college campuses but has suspended that work while it challenges a state elections law that it says hampers registration drives. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
![John Hanna Kansas voting rights activists Chloe Chaffin, left, and Anita Alexander, right, talk about the work of their group, Loud Light, outside the building that houses the Kansas Supreme Court, Friday, May 18, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. The group is hoping the court will overturn election laws approved by Kansas legislators in recent years that it believes stymie voter registration drives and prevent some legal ballots from being counted. (AP Photo/John Hanna)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b275f9067b9a4b0c8e35e439309583fa/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Kansas voting rights activists Chloe Chaffin, left, and Anita Alexander, right, talk about the work of their group, Loud Light, outside the building that houses the Kansas Supreme Court, Friday, May 18, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. The group is hoping the court will overturn election laws approved by Kansas legislators in recent years that it believes stymie voter registration drives and prevent some legal ballots from being counted. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
![Phelan M. Ebenhack Genesis Robinson, interim executive director of Equal Ground Education Fund and Action Fund, from left, chats with Rosemarie Latham, Donna Cochran and David Bagley during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/94da861813e246b191617297afd1a33a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Genesis Robinson, interim executive director of Equal Ground Education Fund and Action Fund, from left, chats with Rosemarie Latham, Donna Cochran and David Bagley during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
![Phelan M. Ebenhack Attendees raise their hands to a question posed by a panelist during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/36aa448a0b35495da7a2733f5db54b07/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Attendees raise their hands to a question posed by a panelist during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
![John Hanna Anita Alexander, vice president for the Kansas group Loud Light, wears a T-shirt encouraging voting on the campus of Washburn University, Friday, May 18, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. Their group does voter registration drives on college campuses but has suspended that work while it challenges a state elections law that it says hampers registration drives. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/John Hanna)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/eae67578d2534b90850b82d611320db3/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Anita Alexander, vice president for the Kansas group Loud Light, wears a T-shirt encouraging voting on the campus of Washburn University, Friday, May 18, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. Their group does voter registration drives on college campuses but has suspended that work while it challenges a state elections law that it says hampers registration drives. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
![Phelan M. Ebenhack Rakeem Ford, of Orange City, Fla., applauds while listening to panelists during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/cc080d66af344b308b332fa787ef0f9f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Rakeem Ford, of Orange City, Fla., applauds while listening to panelists during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
![Phelan M. Ebenhack Daisy Grimes, left, CEO of the Volusia County African American Leadership Council, hands out information to attendees during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/7df02aa09cb14c19835e575fbdb1fc50/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Daisy Grimes, left, CEO of the Volusia County African American Leadership Council, hands out information to attendees during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
![John Hanna Kansas voting rights activists Chloe Chaffin, left, and Anita Alexander, talk while walking on the Washburn University campus, Friday, May 18, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. Their group, Loud Light, does voter registration drives on college campuses but has suspended that work while it challenges a state elections law that it says hampers registration drives. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/John Hanna)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/1ab0009058624ddc9b059444e1598846/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Kansas voting rights activists Chloe Chaffin, left, and Anita Alexander, talk while walking on the Washburn University campus, Friday, May 18, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. Their group, Loud Light, does voter registration drives on college campuses but has suspended that work while it challenges a state elections law that it says hampers registration drives. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
![Phelan M. Ebenhack Randy Johnson, of St. Augustine, Fla., asks a question of panelists during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/cda0d8aee13e4b22aa1b800a842b4511/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Randy Johnson, of St. Augustine, Fla., asks a question of panelists during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
![John Hanna Chloe Chaffin, a manager for the Kansas voting rights group Loud Light, answers questions outside the Kansas Judicial Center, home to the Kansas Supreme Court, Friday May 18, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. Chaffin recently graduated from Washburn University in Topeka with a degree in political science, and her group is fighting several voting rights laws that it considers too restrictive. (AP Photo/John Hanna)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/824b8c0282014f4bb4dfd95cad12b517/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Chloe Chaffin, a manager for the Kansas voting rights group Loud Light, answers questions outside the Kansas Judicial Center, home to the Kansas Supreme Court, Friday May 18, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. Chaffin recently graduated from Washburn University in Topeka with a degree in political science, and her group is fighting several voting rights laws that it considers too restrictive. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
![Phelan M. Ebenhack Derby Johnson, of Ormond Beach, Fla., asks a question of panelists during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/96335cac94144c978a18c7038e70c950/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Derby Johnson, of Ormond Beach, Fla., asks a question of panelists during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
![Phelan M. Ebenhack Genesis Robinson, left, interim executive director of Equal Ground Education Fund and Action Fund, speaks to attendees during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/9793675af2364a65b584d2401a6a6f81/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Genesis Robinson, left, interim executive director of Equal Ground Education Fund and Action Fund, speaks to attendees during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
![John Hanna Anita Alexander, left, vice president of the Kansas voting rights group Loud Light, answers questions as Chloe Chaffin, a Loud Light manager, watches, outside the Kansas Judicial Center, home to the Kansas Supreme Court, Friday, May 18, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. Their group has suspended voter registration drives until the court rules on its legal challenge to a law that the group says stymies those drives. (AP Photo/John Hanna)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e862c0b0f3924dd3a3bfab371ffc8540/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Anita Alexander, left, vice president of the Kansas voting rights group Loud Light, answers questions as Chloe Chaffin, a Loud Light manager, watches, outside the Kansas Judicial Center, home to the Kansas Supreme Court, Friday, May 18, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. Their group has suspended voter registration drives until the court rules on its legal challenge to a law that the group says stymies those drives. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
![Phelan M. Ebenhack Kelvin G. Mayner, right, poses for a photo with panelists Genesis Robinson, from left, Rodney Hurst, Cynthia Slater and Mary Davis Johnson during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/ab785640f22c46b19c3051f3fcea5d7a/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Kelvin G. Mayner, right, poses for a photo with panelists Genesis Robinson, from left, Rodney Hurst, Cynthia Slater and Mary Davis Johnson during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
![John Hanna Kansas voting rights activists Chloe Chaffin, left, and Anita Alexander, right, talk about the work of their group, Loud Light, on the Washburn University campus, Friday, May 18, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. Loud Light argues that election laws approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature are too restrictive and is challenging some of them in court. (AP Photo/John Hanna)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c7c839fd787a42749c662cd8b7f5f25d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Kansas voting rights activists Chloe Chaffin, left, and Anita Alexander, right, talk about the work of their group, Loud Light, on the Washburn University campus, Friday, May 18, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. Loud Light argues that election laws approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature are too restrictive and is challenging some of them in court. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
![Phelan M. Ebenhack Joann Johnson, of St. Augustine, Fla., asks a question of panelists during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/9b036d219f524f899e1add5ee7f9d9b5/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Joann Johnson, of St. Augustine, Fla., asks a question of panelists during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
![John Hanna Anita Alexander, vice president for the Kansas voting rights group Loud Light, ponders a question while talking to a reporter outside the Kansas Judicial Center, home to the Kansas Supreme Court, Friday, May 18, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. The group is asking the court to overturn several Kansas election laws that it considers too restrictive. (AP Photo/John Hanna)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/971f0761140949e8adb37dd3e991ffb1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Anita Alexander, vice president for the Kansas voting rights group Loud Light, ponders a question while talking to a reporter outside the Kansas Judicial Center, home to the Kansas Supreme Court, Friday, May 18, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. The group is asking the court to overturn several Kansas election laws that it considers too restrictive. (AP Photo/John Hanna)
![Phelan M. Ebenhack Daisy Grimes, CEO of the Volusia County African American Leadership Council, speaks to attendees during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/251d799c62534e5897fb13906e3854e9/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Daisy Grimes, CEO of the Volusia County African American Leadership Council, speaks to attendees during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
![Phelan M. Ebenhack Author Mary Davis Johnson speaks to attendees during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/fd6a99e9c34b4b96abe36432462bf9f2/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Author Mary Davis Johnson speaks to attendees during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
![Phelan M. Ebenhack Kelvin G. Mayner asks a question during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0fa1d1a0eede4c048afdaf91fdaad773/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Kelvin G. Mayner asks a question during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
![Phelan M. Ebenhack Rodney Hurst, a civil rights activist and author, speaks to attendees during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/70a972b831ee4b2285d8869a87c58f96/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Rodney Hurst, a civil rights activist and author, speaks to attendees during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
![Phelan M. Ebenhack Cynthia Slater, center, president of the Daytona Beach Branch NAACP, speaks to attendees during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/b710c82c66bc43929213be72e8c25efa/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Cynthia Slater, center, president of the Daytona Beach Branch NAACP, speaks to attendees during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
![Phelan M. Ebenhack Cynthia Slater, president of the Daytona Beach Branch NAACP, answers a question during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/2b03a7a676fa4011b59abcd74d56028f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Cynthia Slater, president of the Daytona Beach Branch NAACP, answers a question during the Voters Education 2024 Community Forum, addressing the Florida Legislature's voter suppression tactics, Thursday, May 16, 2024, in Daytona Beach, Fla. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)