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FRQ 1: CONCEPT APPLICATION: Protecting Voting Rights

UNIT FIVE: Concept Application
Republicans in Georgia sped a sweeping elections bill into law Thursday, making it the first presidential battleground to impose new voting restrictions following President Joe Biden's victory in the state...
The new law imposes new voter identification requirements for absentee ballots, empowers state officials to take over local elections boards, limits the use of ballot drop boxes and makes it a crime to approach voters in line to give them food and water....  
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Voting rights advocates say the state's rapid-fire action -- and plans in other Republican-controlled states to pass restrictions of their own -- underscores the need for federal [action] to set a national baseline for voting rules.
Stacey Abrams, the founder of Fair Fight Action [interest group] and a former Democratic gubernatorial nominee in Georgia, said the state's Republicans showed they were intent on "reviving Georgia's dark past of racist voting laws."
"Now, more than ever, Americans must demand federal action to protect voting rights," she said in a statement.
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-CNN, March 26, 2021
Read the following excerpt and respond to the tasks included below:
Question 1
Short answer
DESCRIBE a method/action Congress could use to address the concerns described in the above excerpt. 
Question 2
Short answer
In the context of the scenario, EXPLAIN how the method/action described in part (A) can be affected by interest groups like Fair Fight Action. 
Question 3
Short answer
In the context of the scenario above, EXPLAIN how the described method/action reflects the ongoing debate regarding the nature of federalism in our nation.
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