“Congratulations to Georgia and the Georgia state legislature for changing their rules and regulations for voters,” Trump said in a statement through his Save America political action committee. “They learned from the travesty of the 2020 presidential election, which should never happen again. Too bad these changes could not have been implemented sooner! ”
But Democrats claim it targets the black voters who came into effect last fall and again in January to support their party’s candidates.
Joe Biden The Hill’s Morning Report – Biden shifts on filibuster GOP appears to weigh on Biden, Democrats at the border Sanders creates new headache for Biden over taxes MORE Friday condemned the law as “Jim Crow in the 21st century.”
This is Jim Crow in the 21st century. It must end, “Biden said.” We have a moral and constitutional obligation to act. ‘
The new Georgian law already faces a legal challenge from a civil rights group, which argues in its submission that the changes are illegally suppressing the rights of voters, in violation of constitutional protections and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Meanwhile, earlier this month, House Democrats passed the For the People Act, a sweeping voting and electoral reform bill that would make it easier to vote by requiring states to provide post-in ballots, implement same-day voter registration, and early. expanding voices.
Republicans have denounced the legislation as violating the rights of states.