Advocates for increasing voting access in Georgia told members of Congress on Tuesday that the state’s elections should be placed under federal oversight through the Voting Rights Act.
Georgia was one of nine states with a history of discrimination in voting where changes to voting laws or administration were required to be pre-cleared by the U.S Department of Justice. But the Supreme Court ruled in 2013 that this section of the Voting Rights Act, Section 5, cannot be enforced until Congress finds a new way to determine which jurisdictions require oversight.
Democrats on the U.S. House Committee on Administration, led by Rep. Marcia Fudge of Ohio, plan to hold hearings in North Dakota, North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, and Alabama, with the goal of making a case to require pre-clearance in Georgia and other states.
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