States move to shore up voting rights protections after courts erode federal safeguards [Video]

Minnesota Senate President Bobby Joe Champion sits at his desk in his office in the State Capitol complex, March 11, 2024, in St. Paul, Minn. Champion, a Democrat from Minneapolis, is the lead Senate author of the proposed Minnesota Voting Rights Act. Minnesota is one of several states moving to enact state-level protections to plug gaps that the courts have opened up in the landmark federal Voting Rights Act. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)