Just days after Georgia lawmakers approved a voter suppression law designed to disenfranchise the state’s citizens, making it harder for young people, people of color and Democrats, efforts including lawsuits and corporate boycotts are already underway in an attempt to roll back the racist and anti-American restrictions.
Inae Oh of Mother Jones has reported that three groups — the New Georgia Project, which was founded by Stacey Abrams, the Black Voters Matter Fund, and Rise — have filed a lawsuit intended to block the measure.
“Calling the legislation an effort to impose ‘unconstitutional burdens on the right to vote’ — particularly for Black voters — the plaintiffs accused Georgia Republicans of acting in direct response to former President Donald Trump’s stunning campaign to undo Joe Biden’s 2020 victory in the state,” Oh said.
