Florida, Georgia, and Texas lawmakers passed significant 2021 election integrity laws but they may not remain intact as adopted—or in effect at all—for midterm primaries and November’s general election. The three states approved election reforms amid heated Democratic opposition in partisan votes by Republican-controlled legislatures last year. All three are enacted, but face legal challenges in federal court. Florida’s new election law is the first being tested in a trial that began Jan. 31 in U.S. District Judge Mark Walker’s Tallahassee U.S. courtroom in the third week of proceedings. The Florida law adds identification requirements for requesting absentee ballots; requires voters request an absentee ballot for each election, every two years; limits who can collect and drop off ballots to prevent “ballot harvesting”; allows more partisan observers during vote-counting; and prohibits outside groups from providing items “with the intent to influence” voters at a polling location. Unlike the Georgia election …