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#GeorgiaVoters faced long lines & voting barriers yesterday. This is totally unacceptable. #COVID19 & the state's failure to adequately prepare exacerbated this, but it's also connected to #SCOTUS's unraveling of the #VotingRightsAct (VRA). #GAPrimaryhttps://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/voting-machines-and-coronavirus-force-long-lines-georgia-voters/VajM2D3aSHALhCz7KwDrpJ/ …
In #Georgia, officials closed precincts in advance of the state's primary, citing #COVID19. However, these closures and the long lines that ensued appear to have severely impacted black communities in Georgia. #GApol #GApolitics #VotingRights #votinghttps://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/virus-concerns-close-churches-other-voting-sites-for-georgia-primary/o6Ri26ArzR6shl4FWuNe0O/ …
In 2013, #SCOTUS made Section 5 of the VRA powerless. Before that, certain state & localities had to show a voting change would not have a discriminatory effect *before* putting it into place. Now, we are left without a key tool to fight voter suppression.https://campaignlegal.org/update/five-decades-section-5-how-key-provision-voting-rights-act-protected-our-democracy …
The problems in Georgia's primaries refocus the urgency of restoring the #VotingRightsAct. Fortunately, there are solutions. The House passed a bill last year to #RestoreTheVRA—the Senate must act now to ensure no voter faces discrimination at the polls.https://campaignlegal.org/update/restoring-voting-rights-act-critical-combating-discriminatory-voting-practices …
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