Democracy under attack: how Republicans led the effort to make it harder to vote

Baseless claims of fraud have pushed Republicans to enact restrictive voting laws - and they haven't stopped there

2021 was the year that America's democracy came under attack from within.

Donald Trump's effort to overturn the election results, a push that culminated in the 6 January assault on the capitol, ultimately failed. But the lies the former president spread about fraud and the integrity of the 2020 results have stuck around in a dangerous way. False claims about the election have moved to the center of the Republican party.