Conservative Black Leaders Call Attacks on New Georgia Voting Reform Law ‘Misinformation’

A file image of voters standing in line to cast their ballots during the first day of early voting in the U.S. Senate runoff, in Atlanta, Ga., on Dec. 14, 2020. Jessica McGowan/Getty Images

A group of 21 black leaders defended Georgia’s recently passed voting law in a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee members on Tuesday, calling the criticism of such laws a campaign to sow division and misinformation as part of a broader agenda by the Democrats to nationalize voting laws.

“It has become clear that even well-intentioned critics of the law simply have no idea what the law is,” the community leaders wrote in their letter (pdf) to the senators.