‘Step back for voters’ rights’: Civil, voting rights groups react to new Georgia election law

Voting rights groups in Georgia swiftly condemned a new elections bill Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law on Tuesday that, among other things, would allow mass voter challenges to persist, eliminate the use of QR codes on ballots and creates new procedures for homeless Georgians looking to exercise their right to vote. It would also shorten the timeframe for early and absentee ballots to be counted, requiring the tabulation to be completed within an hour of polls closing on election day. The bill, known as Senate Bill 189, prompted immediate...