‘Litigation Was Necessary’: Third Federal Lawsuit Challenges Georgia’s New Voting Law

Less than a week after Georgia passed a controversial, sweeping election overhaul, three federal lawsuits have already been filed, all by coalitions of civil rights and voting rights groups, arguing the new law will disproportionately add burdens on voting access for marginalized communities, including communities of color.

All the suits invoke the South’s ugly history with voting access in their complaints, a comparison that Republican supporters of the law have rejected. 

Gov. Brian Kemp, who signed the bill within an hour of its passage last Thursday, has defended the measure as making it “easy to vote and hard to cheat” in the state. He said claims of “suppression” are ridiculous and labels of “Jim Crow 2.0” are based on “blatant misinformation.”