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April 14, 2021 - 4:30pm By Don Wiener and Alex Kotch State legislative leaders and members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) are spearheading many of the GOP's efforts at voter suppression in the states, especially those that saw close 2020 presidential results. More than 360 bills have been introduced in 47 states to restrict voting access since the beginning of the year, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, which tracks state legislation on voting and elections. The Center for Media and Democracy has determined that more than 100 Republican politicians connecte...

Corporations Back Away From Georgia Voting Bill After Funding Its Sponsors Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at a news conference about the state's new Election Integrity Act at AJ’s Famous Seafood and Poboys on April 10, 2021, in Marietta, Georgia. Megan Varner / Getty Images On March 25, the Georgia state legislature passed a now-infamous Republican-backed bill that introduced a series of stringent voter restrictions under the auspices of “election integrity.” The bill (SB 202), which Democrats across the board have described as a grievous violation of voting rights, limits the number of...

Georgia lawmaker's legal work targeted again over voting law by The Associated Press Last Updated Apr 13, 2021 at 11:58 am EDT WASHINGTON, Ga. — Protesters are trying to get a Georgia state representative fired by cities and counties that pay him to be their attorney, citing his role in pushing through a voting law that adds restrictions. The Washington City Council voted 4-2 to ask Rep. Barry Fleming to resign Monday, WJBF-TV reports. It’s not clear if the city can immediately fire the Republican from Harlem because Washington has a contract with Fleming’s law firm. “We want to make ...

Ga. voting law controversy follows overhaul’s point man to Washington Protesters lined up Monday outside the Washington City Council chambers to call for the firing of GOP Rep. Barry Fleming as the city attorney for his role in writing controversial new state voting laws. (Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder) (GA Recorder) | WASHINGTON – The Washington City Council voted Monday to ask state Rep. Barry Fleming to resign his city attorney job for his key role in passing sweeping voting legislation that detractors say will disenfranchise Black people and other minorities. Tensions flared t...

AP Photo/LM Otero We knew this before we knew it. As far as I’m aware, none of the major corporations squawking about Georgia’s law lately undertook a serious lobbying effort to oppose it before it passed. Delta actually praised the law in its first statement after Brian Kemp signed it, noting that it “improved considerably during the legislative process, and expands weekend voting, codifies Sunday voting and protects a voter’s ability to cast an absentee ballot without providing a reason. For the first time, drop boxes have also been authorized for all counties statewide and poll wor...