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April 14, 2021 - 4:30pm
By Don Wiener and Alex Kotch
State legislative leaders and members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) are spearheading many of the GOP s efforts at voter suppression in the states, especially those that saw close 2020 presidential results. More than 360 bills have been introduced in 47 states to restrict voting access since the beginning of the year, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, which tracks state legislation on voting and elections.
The Center for Media and Democracy has determined that more than 100 Republican politicians connected to ALEC in just six battleground states are lead sponsors or co-sponsors of those bills.
Corporations Back Away From Georgia Voting Bill After Funding Its Sponsors
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp speaks at a news conference about the state s new Election Integrity Act at AJ’s Famous Seafood and Poboys on April 10, 2021, in Marietta, Georgia.
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On March 25, the Georgia state legislature passed a now-infamous Republican-backed bill that introduced a series of stringent voter restrictions under the auspices of “election integrity.” The bill (SB 202), which Democrats across the board have described as a grievous violation of voting rights, limits the number of drop boxes, reduces the time allowed to request a ballot, bars election officials from sending out mass absentee ballot applications, and criminalizes the practice of handing out food or water to voters waiting in line, as
Georgia lawmaker s legal work targeted again over voting law
by The Associated Press
Last Updated Apr 13, 2021 at 11:58 am EDT
WASHINGTON, Ga. Protesters are trying to get a Georgia state representative fired by cities and counties that pay him to be their attorney, citing his role in pushing through a voting law that adds restrictions.
The Washington City Council voted 4-2 to ask Rep. Barry Fleming to resign Monday, WJBF-TV reports. It’s not clear if the city can immediately fire the Republican from Harlem because Washington has a contract with Fleming’s law firm.
“We want to make sure that every vote counts and we want to make sure that every person is heard,” said Wilkes County Democratic Party chair Kimberly Rainey, among protesters demanding Fleming’s resignation. “These kinds of bills are voter suppression. There’s no other way to say it and it hurts people that are disenfranchised already.”
Ga. voting law controversy follows overhaulâs point man to Washington
Protesters lined up Monday outside the Washington City Council chambers to call for the firing of GOP Rep. Barry Fleming as the city attorney for his role in writing controversial new state voting laws. (Stanley Dunlap/Georgia Recorder)
(GA Recorder) | WASHINGTON â The Washington City Council voted Monday to ask state Rep. Barry Fleming to resign his city attorney job for his key role in passing sweeping voting legislation that detractors say will disenfranchise Black people and other minorities.
Tensions flared throughout Monday nightâs meeting when four city councilmen said they no longer wanted Fleming to represent the city in legal matters after his role in ushering controversial new state voting laws through his special legislative election committee reverberated in his communities.