Georgia’s New Voting Law Aims to Restrict Black Vote, Justice Department Says
Posted on AllSides June 26th, 2021
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The Biden administration sued the state of Georgia on Friday, alleging its new voting law aims to restrict the rights of Black voters, marking the administration’s first such challenge to Republican-backed efforts in multiple states to tighten voting laws.
The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Atlanta, alleges that Georgia violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act when it earlier this year enacted changes to the state’s election requirements, including altering how people cast absentee ballots and where people can drop off their ballots.
Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed the...
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