Georgia G.O.P. Passes Major Law to Limit Voting Amid Nationwide Push
The law, which has been denounced by Democrats and voting rights groups, comes as Republican-controlled legislatures across the country mount the most extensive contraction of ballot access in generations.
Georgia Republicans on Thursday passed a sweeping law to restrict voting access in the state, introducing more rigid voter identification requirements for absentee balloting, limiting drop boxes and expanding the Legislature’s power over elections...[Republican governor Brian Kemp signed the bill into law tonight. The bolded part is key. They are neutering the secretary of state's office, the incumbent is Brad Raffensperger, who resisted unprecedented pressure from the disgraced Donald Trump and his traveling clown show of lawyers. Trump recruited and has endorsed a Georgia congressman to run against Raffensperger. ]
[These Republican actions are, as President Biden said today, un-democratic, nouveau Jim Crow and he lowered his head to amplify his voice to denounce them. Our children will be getting their PhD's on whether democracy in America prevailed in the worldwide battle with autocracy, the president said. But he also made clear today that COVID/economy is his Job One, and that twinned demon is resurgent slightly more menacing tonight. He will get to the other issues on his plate in time. There is proposed federal legislation that would secure voting rights and undo attempts like this by the Christian Fascists.]
