U.S. Justice Department to sue Georgia over election law

Gerogia’s Governor, Brian Kemp, criticised the lawsuit on Twitter

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the Justice Department would be suing the State of Georgia over on the grounds that they infringed on black voters’ right to cast their ballot. “Our complaint alleges that recent changes to Georgia’s election laws were enacted with the purpose of denying or abridging the right of black Georgians to vote on account of their race or color,” Mr. Garland said, adding that voting rights expansion had often been met with counter-efforts. Georgia’s Election Integrity Act cut the period during which potential voters could ask for absentee mail-in ballots, restricted locations for ballot drop-boxes, outlawed the provision of food or water to those standing in line at the polls and prohibited breaks for ballot counters during counting. It also increased the control the state legislature has over the election apparatus.