The White House says long lines and early voting limits discouraged participation.
that said students at historically black colleges “face an extra obstacle in voting” because their private-school IDs don’t count as state-issued documents, unlike their public-school peers.was lower than in the 2021 runoffs that, unlike Tuesday’s contest, decided control of the Senate.Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock easily won re-election against Republican Hershel Walker.
The Georgia state election overhaul adopted last year was drafted by Republicans after former President Donald Trump claimed that widespread election fraud robbed him of a second term. But state Republicans who rejected Trump’s fraud claims, including Kemp, said the reforms were reasonable modifications and not intended to discourage voting.“The 21st century Jim Crow assault is real. It’s unrelenting. We’re gonna challenge it vigorously,” Biden said.
President Biden claimed that a 2021 Georgia election law was worse that Jim Crow-era racial discrimination.The Georgia law didn’t alter Election Day voting hours and expanded early voting by adding a second mandatory Saturday. It affirmed that counties can offer early voting on two Sundays and allowed counties to extend early voting beyond normal business hours.
Democrats opposed provisions that required a photo ID to get an absentee ballot, shortened the window of time to vote absentee and allowed state officials to take over local election offices in response to alleged misconduct.
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