New State Laws Hit Voters of Color Hardest

Since the Janu­ary 6 insur­rec­tion, dozens of states have enacted restrict­ive voting laws. Race played a big role in where these meas­ures were intro­duced and passed, and their effects will fall espe­cially hard on voters of color.

Two laws — one in Arizona and one in Geor­gia — demon­strate how the legis­la­tion will dispro­por­tion­ately impact communit­ies of color, making it more diffi­cult for them to vote.

Before Arizona legis­lat­ors passed Senate Bill 1485 last year, registered voters could sign up to auto­mat­ic­ally receive a mail ballot for every elec­tion. Whether or not...