'Democrats need to understand that the inability to pass federal legislation has raised urgent questions within the Black community about their status in the Democratic coalition,' writes Roger House
The failure of Democrats to pass a voting rights bill leaves state authorities as the last line of defense to protect fair elections—nowhere more so than in Georgia, where amay provide guidance on ways to blunt efforts to sabotage the Black vote.
Willis, in a January 2022 request to the Fulton County Superior Court to impanel a special grand jury,“information indicating a reasonable probability that the State of Georgia’s administration of elections in 2020, including the State’s election of the President of the United States, was subject to possible criminal disruptions.”
The probe has the potential to discover facts beyond the scope of the presidential election as well. It could gather information on GOP schemes to use the state legislature to sabotage fair elections for Black Georgians going forward.
Georgia is one of 19 states that passed laws restricting access to voting last year—the most in a decade. Of course, this is not the first time the country has faced problems with partisan designs of election procedures for political or personal gain. During the Progressive Era, reformers tried to find ways to thwart the practices of political syndicates at the turn of the 20th century.
Finally, it was revealed in court documents that the secretary of state ignored credible information on the susceptibility of Georgia voting machines to hacking. A University of Michigan computer expertthat could make the machines subject to hackers in the upcoming election.
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