Other times, as with the words of Donald Trump and Joe Biden on election legitimacy, they may appear alike superficially but in fact are fundamentally different. "The same path that Donald Trump went down, which is attempting to delegitimize an election," complained Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah. One would establish minimum national election standards; the second would restore parts of the 1965 Voting Rights Act struck down by the Supreme Court. Democratic election lawyer Marc Elias cites contests in Southern states before passage of the Voting Rights Act. In 2018, for example, Florida voters approved a ballot initiative restoring voting rights for felons who had completed their sentences.

Source: CNN January 23, 2022 23:43 UTC