Suit seeks to overturn Georgia law on homeless voter registration and voter challenges

A person stands at a window to receive mail.
Because they have no residential address, many who are homeless in Atlanta register to vote at places like First Presbyterian Church. Voting rights groups have warned they're uniquely vulnerable to voter challengers under the new law. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

Updated at 4:58 p.m.

A new lawsuit seeks to overturn two provisions of a Georgia election law related to voter challenges.

The Georgia State Conference of the NAACP and the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda filed suit on Tuesday in federal court in Atlanta, arguing that a law passed earlier this year by lawmakers unfairly discriminates against homeless people and voters registered at nonresidential addresses.