Democrats introduce Georgia Voting Rights Act named after Black legislator from late 1860s

Democratic leaders and advocates have introduced legislation they say could place safeguards against acts of voter suppression.

Officials met under the Gold Dome on Feb. 19 to lay out key points of the new bill they’re calling the Henry McNeal Turner Voting Act.

The Act, or Senate Bill 536, is named after Bishop Henry McNeal Turner, one of Georgia’s first 33 Black legislators during the late 1860s.