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Ellie, that does not mean 43 states are Republican or Republican controlled. In my own state, a blue one with both chambers and governor being Democrat, such bills have been introduced. How they fare time will tell.

MediaBias/Fact Check ranks the Brennan Center as highly factual, but puts the following caveat in their description of the organization.

"These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias. They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes) to favor liberal causes. These sources are generally trustworthy for information, but may require further investigation."

https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/brennan-center-for-justice/

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I only supported the statistic of 43 states in which voter suppression measures have been introduced, as cited by the Brennan Center. I wrote nothing about the legislatures being Republican controlled or projecting how those bills would fare.

As for MediaBias, NY Times and WaPo did not even make their cut of unbiased, but North Korea Times did. MarketWatch has a better graph locating media on a left-right axis and factual-non-factual.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/how-biased-is-your-news-source-you-probably-wont-agree-with-this-chart-2018-02-28

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