Court Rules No Evidence Georgia’s Voting Law Discriminates Against Black Voters

A court handed a victory to Republicans in Georgia ahead of the 2024 election.
Court Rules No Evidence Georgia’s Voting Law Discriminates Against Black Voters
An election worker scans mail-in ballots in a file photo. Ethan Miller/Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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A federal judge in Georgia has declined to block several provisions of a sweeping election law while multiple legal challenges play out.

Several left-wing advocacy and civil rights groups, as well as the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ, sued in 2021 after Republican state lawmakers passed the measure amid claims about election fraud in the state in 2020. Those lawsuits claim that black voters are now denied equal access to voting, which violates the Voting Rights Act.

Jack Phillips
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