Kemp signs restrictive GA voting bill; Dem lawmaker arrested for protesting

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In response to high voter turnout that favored Democrats in two recent elections, GA Republicans have passed a voting law that implements a series of restrictive voting practices aimed at lowering voter turnout and targeting voting methods typically used by Black voters in GA.

Despite legal losses by the Trump campaign to overturn the election on a wholly fabricated claim of fraud and top GOP election officials in GA noting that there was no fraud, state lawmakers moved forward to ensure that it would be harder for people to vote, claiming the measures are aimed at preventing fraud.

The law grew substantially over the last week as Republicans piled more restrictions into it, including preventing the state from sending everyone mail in ballots, making it illegal to give food or water to voters waiting in line, and requiring copies of ID cards attached to both the applications for and the actual mail in ballots. The state can take control of local election boards and citizens can file unlimited challenges against voter registration and individual eligibility, which is likely to lead to groups targeting voter lists in areas predominately of color, a common legal practice for conservative groups.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/25/politics/georgia-state-house-voting-bill-passage/index.html

A member of the state legislature was arrested at the state capitol building for knocking on the closed door of the office where the signing of the bill occurred, protesting the bill by demanding that the governor sign it in public rather than in private.

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/545036-georgia-state-lawmaker-arrested-after-protesting-governors-signing-of