Georgia GOP wants to suppress the Black vote by eliminating Sunday voting

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By Emily Singer -February 19, 2021 11:11 AM

Nixing Sunday early voting targets 'Souls to the Polls' events organized by Black churches, which take parishioners to vote after services.

Georgia Republicans on Thursday officially introduced a sweeping bill aimed at making it harder to vote. Aside from making it more difficult to vote by mail also seeks to suppress the Black vote by eliminating early voting on Sundays.

Voting rights groups say nixing Sundays from the early voting period specifically targets Black voters, who organize "Souls to the Polls" events — where they bring parishioners to vote after services wrap up on the Sunday before an election.

"Many of the proposed changes would undoubtedly suppress eligible voters, especially burdening minority voters in Georgia," Democracy Docket, a voting rights group launched by Democratic lawyer Marc Elias, wrote in a news release after the bill's introduction.

https://americanindependent.com/georgia-republicans-voter-suppression-eliminate-sunday-voting-black-vote-stacey-abrams/

[Laelth]

1. I will never forgive John Roberts for gutting the Voting Rights Act. n/t

-Laelth

[Baitball Blogger]

2. +1

[turbinetree]

3. Yepper spot on................

Just look at what he did in Bush vs Gore along with Cruz, Kavanaugh, and Barrett...........