Andrea Evans, 57, refills paper for a ballot machine at the Gladys S. Dennard Library at South Fulton in Fulton County, on the final day of early voting ahead of Election Day 2020, in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Brandon Bell
Last updated on June 22nd, 2021 at 07:49 am
Georgia Republicans are using new voter suppression laws to target and remove black local election officials.
Across Georgia, members of at least 10 county election boards have been removed, had their position eliminated, or are likely to be kicked off through local ordinances or new laws passed by the state legislature. At least five are people of color and most are Democrats — though some are Republicans — and they will most likely all be replaced by Republicans.
Ms. Hollis and local officials like her have been some of the earliest casualties as Republican-led legislatures mount an expansive takeover of election administration in a raft of new voting bills this year.
The same targeting is happening in Arkansas and Kansas and could soon be coming to Arizona.
There has rightly been a great deal of discussion about the Republican election-rigging laws impact the ability of people to vote, but an even more sinister element of these bills is the awarding of control over the electoral process to partisan politicians.
The Department of Justice is signaling that they are about to get involved and joining lawsuits suing the Republican-run states for their latest wave of voter suppression,
However, the federal government must do more. Legislation must be passed to ensure free and fair elections in each state. Both the John Lewis Voting Rights Act and the For The People Act must become law.
Republicans are disempowering African-Americans in Georgia. These laws are all about hanging a whites-only sign over the ballot box and destroying equal access to the democratic process.
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