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The new georgia project says the new law may be mobilizing voters, but it's still creating obstacles. >> when we're at the polls tomorrow, how do we hand out ponchos and not get arrested? >> reporter: while it's hard to measure the impact of georgia's voting law, it's clear, enthusiasm for the georgia primary remains high. >> yes, there was a lot of hyperbole on both sides about sb 202. the question is, will those tweaks impact voters in ways that could influence the outcome of a close race? >> reporter: election officials tell me overall they do expect to see record turnout for a primary. the...

Ultimately gutted the preclearance requirement which said that states with a history of racial discrimination in voting had to get preclearance before they made any changes. talk about what the erosion of the voting rights act means for the whole host of laws that we're seeing passed now. >> the supreme court has substantially cut back the major tools in blocking and deterring voting discrimination. it makes it harder for voting activists like vote activists to fight back against the measures that are intended or result in imposing obstacles in the way of minority voters. and these decisions h...

We talk so often about voters suppression. that was an important point for the president to address. we're not just seeing rollbacks of things like early voting and photo id requirements. things that could affect the administration of elections ultimately elallowing, for instance, state legislatures rather than undependent election administrators to overturn the rights of the rightful election results which could have very well happened in 2020 had thinged play out differently. it's going to take a much broader campaign and it's going to take in the eyes of a lot of voting activists, legislati...