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Georgia Republican Rep. Robert Dickey Says Party Feels Good About New Voting Law
On 4/16/21 at 2:08 PM EDT
Georgia Republican state Representative Robert Dickey said the party feels good about the state s new voting law, amid criticisms from Democrats and voting rights activists who view the bill as restrictive. We spent a lot of time looking at lots of areas. It really started more than two years ago, after the governor election. We just feel really strongly in the state that you ve got to have integrity in the election process, Dickey said in a recent interview with the civic media organization, A Starting Point (ASP)
Stacey Abrams Organization Tells Hollywood To Stay and Fight in Georgia
On 4/14/21 at 7:06 AM EDT
The specter of a Hollywood boycott is once again looming, with Will Smith s upcoming film We cannot in good conscience provide economic support to a government that enacts regressive voting laws that are designed to restrict voter access, Smith said in a statement along with director Antoine Fuqua. The new Georgia voting laws are reminiscent of voting impediments that were passed at the end of Reconstruction to prevent many Americans from voting. Regrettably, we feel compelled to move our film production work from Georgia to another state.
What is the Georgia voting law, and why is it controversial?
Critics of the new rules say they will disenfranchise black, disabled, and other minorities, and lead to voter suppression
13 April 2021 • 12:27am
Protester holds up a sign on the steps of the Georgia State Capitol as new voter law is passed
Credit: AP
The new Georgia elections law signed by the state’s Republican governor has earned an unprecedented backlash from civil rights groups, corporations, corners of Hollywood, and a pointed denunciation from President Joe Biden.
The far-reaching new legislation, which bans people from handing out food or water to voters waiting in line and allows the Republican-controlled State Election Board to remove and replace county election officials among other measures, has drawn an intense national scrutiny.