“Congratulations to Georgia and the State Legislative Assembly of Georgia for changing the Rules and Regulations for voters,” Trump said in a statement through his Save America political action committee. “They learned from the 2020 Presidential Election farce, which will never happen again. Too bad these changes could not have been made before! ”
But Democrats argue that it targets black voters who appeared in force last fall and again in January to support their party’s candidates.
Joe Biden’s Morning ReportThe Hill – Biden changes in obstruction GOP seems to squeeze Biden, Democrats on the border Sanders creates new headache for Biden in taxes MORE on Friday he strongly condemned the law as “Jim Crow in the 21st century”.
“This is Jim Crow in the 21st century. It must end,” said Biden. ” We have a moral and constitutional obligation to act. “
Georgia’s new law is already facing a legal challenge from a civil rights group, which argues in its process that the amendments illegally suppress voters’ rights, in violation of constitutional protections and the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
Meanwhile, House Democrats earlier this month passed the People’s Law, a broad voting right and electoral reform bill that would make it easier to vote by requiring states to offer ballots by mail, promulgate voter registration on the same day, and expand early voting.
Republicans denounced the legislation as a violation of state rights.