Local governments quietly grumble over a voting rights win

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Voting rights haven’t been at the top of the news cycle in a legislative session dominated by taxes, but a pair of consequential bills that put teeth in the Washington Voting Rights Act have quietly neared the finish line. If they indeed become law, they’ll result in a headline-grabbing list this July, naming cities and counties whose histories of votin…