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Legislation to restrict Georgians' voting access draws angry protests


Georgia Recorder
Protesters wanted answers about proposed voting changes Monday from top Georgia election aide Gabriel Sterling on the steps of the state Capitol. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder
While state lawmakers passed expansive new voting restrictions Monday, dozens of protesters gathered outside the Gold Dome for a 12-hour rally against changes they say make it harder for Black Georgians to cast a ballot.
“They need to do the will of the people,” said Cyntha Bohannon-Brown of Rex. “By keeping people who are not able to get to the ballots from voting, they’re basically not doing their job.”
The rally was organized by the Georgia NAACP, the Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union and other voting rights activists. Some participants made a point to hold vigil outside the Capitol from 5:31 a.m. to 5:31 p.m. in protest of the bill, House Bill 531. ....

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Democrats, voting rights advocates blast new Georgia election bill – Everett Post


BY: QUINN SCANLAN, ABC NEWS
(ATLANTA) Republicans in the Georgia state House have introduced a 48-page omnibus bill that, if enacted, would make sweeping changes to the state’s election processes.
Republicans on the committee argued the bill, which tackles multiple areas of election law, would help restore faith in Georgia’s elections, but Democrats and voting rights advocates blasted it as a “voter suppression bill” and questioned the motive behind the rush to bring it before the committee just hours after it was introduced.
“This bill seems to offer solutions for a lot of problems that do not exist. It’s purportedly to enhance security and integrity, but … many of these provisions do not do that,” Saira Draper, the voter protection director for the Democratic Party of Georgia, said in an interview. “It imposes restrictions on all of our forms of voting in Georgia … but the brunt of the impact is felt mostly by our Black and brown voters.” ....

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