What Georgia voting law actually says – and why stakes seem so high

In describing Georgia’s new voting law, Republicans claim positive reforms where Democrats decry an assault on rights that targets Black voters. We take a closer look at what the law does and doesn’t do.

Opponents of Georgia’s recently enacted election law call it a voting suppression act. They say it will make it harder for some people to vote and is aimed in particular at the Black and other minority voters who pushed the state into the Democratic column for 2020 elections.

Proponents of the law say this attack is...