Print this article Voters line up to cast their election ballot at a Cobb County polling station in Marietta, Ga., October 13, 2020.
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A group of black faith leaders representing more than 1,000 churches in Georgia will call for a boycott of Home Depot over the hardware store’s silence on the state’s new voting law.
“We don’t believe this is simply a political matter,” Bishop Reginald T. Jackson, who is leading the effort, told the
New York Times. “This is a matter that deals with securing the future of this democracy, and the greatest right in this democracy is the right to vote.”
Georgia voting law in spotlight at Senate judiciary hearing
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Sen. Raphael Warnock makes case for federal voting rights legislation
Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock advocated for federal legislation to instituted pre-clearance analysis of future voting laws during a senate hearing.
ATLANTA - Federal and state lawmakers, including some from Georgia, debated the recent state election reforms on Tuesday at a U.S. Senate hearing in Washington, D.C.
In a speech before the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., made a case for federal voting rights legislation.
On Tuesday, the committee held a hearing entitled Jim Crow 2021: The Latest Assault on the Right to Vote, to examine so-called examples of voter suppression enacted by state governments and discuss solutions to strengthen democracy.
Georgia Faith Leaders to Urge Boycott of Home Depot Over Voting Law
Black religious leaders representing more than 1,000 churches in the state are planning a “warning shot” for other Republican-led states that are trying to limit voting access.
Bishop Reginald T. Jackson is leading the push for a boycott of Home Depot in Georgia.Credit.Matt Odom for The New York Times
April 20, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
A major coalition of Black faith leaders in Georgia, representing more than 1,000 churches in the state, will call on Tuesday for a boycott of Home Depot, arguing that the company has abdicated its responsibility as a good corporate citizen by not pushing back on the state’s new voting law.
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