Pennsylvania once led in suppressing the Black vote | Opinion Updated 9:45 AM; Who said Jim Crow is dead? After losing the presidential contest and two Senate races in quick succession, the Republican-controlled Georgia legislature passed a comprehensive bill to suppress the very voters— Black voters—who defeated them. In CNN’s summary: “The new law imposes new voter identification requirements for absentee ballots, empowers state officials to take over local elections boards, limits the use of ballot drop boxes and makes it a crime to approach voters in line to give them food and water.” Looks like he’s still alive and kicking.