Justice Department announces challenge to Georgia's restrictive voting law

The Justice Department announced Friday that it is suing the state of Georgia over its recently enacted voting restrictions.

"Our complaint alleges that recent changes to Georgia’s election laws were enacted with the purpose of denying or abridging the right of Black Georgians to vote on account of their race or color in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said.

The move is the first major federal enforcement action around the spate of Republican-led laws that have imposed limits on voting in the wake of former...