Georgia's New Voting Law Is Racist
Let me start off with this fact: Georgia's new voting law is racist. Even worse, it allows elected officials to choose their voters, which really means that democracy will be over entirely in the state if last week's bill is still law by next November.
Republicans act like the new Georgia voting bill isn't racist, just because the bill doesn't explicitly say, "We want fewer people of color to vote." But that's exactly what it is designed to do, and as history shows, they probably know it.
First off, SB 202, Georgia's new voter suppression law, takes power away from local officials and allows the GOP to replace them with partisan hacks of their choosing. Second, the racist bill makes voting inconvenient and uncomfortable, especially in highly populated city centers, which clearly targets African American voters. Lastly, the racist voting law makes it harder to cast the physical ballot.
Let me explain why each of these three elements adds up to a toxic cocktail aimed at shearing off enough votes to swing statewide races, in what has become a very purple state based on the 2020 votes for its new Senators and for the President.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/georgias-new-voting-law-is-racist-opinion/ar-BB1frnN2
