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In this Saturday, Dec. 9, 2017 photo, EMILY's List president Stephanie Schriock speaks during a women's candidate training workshop at El Centro College in Dallas. EMILY'S List, an organization dedicated to electing candidates at all levels of government who support abortion rights, is conducting a national recruitment effort looking to train candidates and potential candidates in over 20 states. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

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US sees surge in women interested in running for office

by Christina A. Cassidy Associated PressJanuary 2, 2018

FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017 file photo, New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner, right, introduces one of the speakers at a meeting of the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity in Manchester, N.H. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, center, and former Ohio Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, left, also attend. The information coming out of President Donald Trump’s commission to investigate voter fraud has frustrated not only reporters and senators but now even members of the commission. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer, File)

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Trump voting commission criticized for lack of transparency

by Christina A. Cassidy Associated PressOctober 22, 2017

Voters walk through a polling station in Dallas. Republican-controlled state legislatures around the country, such as in Texas, are taking steps to tighten voting laws, which critics say is an attempt to suppress Democratic voters. The moves come as President Donald Trump promotes unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud and after a congressional committee voted to eliminate an independent election commission.

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Republican state lawmakers push for restrictions on voting

by Kathleen Ronayne Associated Press, and Christina A. Cassidy Associated PressFebruary 9, 2017

House majority leader Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, joined by Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., heads to a meeting of House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington.

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With Trump, GOP hopes to overhaul Medicaid

by Christina A. Cassidy Associated PressDecember 29, 2016

CORRECTS TO DIXVILLE NOTCH FROM DIXVILLE NOTCHE AND CLARIFIES VOTES- Dixville Notch's first voter Clay Smith drops his ballot into the box as moderator Tom Tillotson watches Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, in Dixville Notch, N.H. Dixville Notch, where the nation's first voters cast their ballots on Election Day, had Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton beating Republican Donald Trump. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)

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Major voting problems scant across US

by Christina A. Cassidy Associated Press, and Eric Tucker Associated PressNovember 9, 2016