'With many other bills curtailing voting rights barreling through GOP-controlled state legislatures around the country, it is not yet clear whether the backlash to the Georgia law will actually serve as a deterrent,' MaeveReston writes. | Analysis
The newfound alliance of corporations and Democrats fighting to protect access to the vote sent a first warning shot to Republican-controlled legislatures around the country that there may be real economic consequences if they continue to pursue restrictive voting legislation under the false pretense of rooting out widespread voter fraud, which simply did not exist in the 2020 election despite former President Donald Trump's efforts to gaslight the American people.
Fighting these proposals at the local levels is the most realistic shot for advocates of voting rights right now since Democrats don't have enough votes in the US Senate to pass legislation like the"For the People Act," which would override many of the restrictive provisions in the new Georgia law and others like it.
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