the state s new election law is dividing those who believe it s a way to stop the black vote and those who believe it protects everyone s vote. georgia is the flash point for the nationwide battle over voting rights. natasha chen in atlanta with the growing anger over the new law president biden calls jim crow in the 21st century. natasha? reporter: about 150 people gathered outside atlanta city hall to oppose this georgia voter bill and also to stand with georgia representative park cannon, who was arrested for knocking on the door of the governor s office to try to witness him signing this bill. a lot of the signs we re seeing say i stand with park, stop suppressing our votes. a lot of strong, passionate opinions here about protecting people s access to vote. i spoke with one person who was actually there witnessing park cannon arrested that day. she was knocking on the door. it happened right in front of me and for it to end with her being taken away, it was horrif
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crow. and the president who won georgia in november with a surge of minority support did not hold back as he slammed the new restrictions. it s an atrocity. the idea, if you want any indication that it has nothing to do with fairness, nothing to do with decency. they pass a law saying you can t provide water for people standing in line while they re waiting to vote? you don t need anything else to know that this is nothing but punitive design to keep people from voting. you can t provide water for people about to vote. give me a break. and georgia s repu republican-controlled legislature fast tracked the legislature to the governor s desk after democrats won two elections in that state. critics say the law targets minority voters. supporters see the bill as an effort for confidence. despite the fact there is no evidence of widespread fraud in the election. here s cnn s sara murray. reporter: georgia governor brian kemp signing a dramatic overhaul of the state s electi
of minority support, didn t hold back as he slammed the new restrictions. they re an atrocity. the idea, if you want any indication, it has nothing to do with fairness, nothing to do with decency, they passed a law saying you can t provide water for people standing in line while they re waiting to vote? you don t need anything else to know that this is nothing but punitive, designed to keep people from voting. you can t provide water for people about to vote. give me a break. georgia s republican-controlled legislature fast tracked it to the governor s desk after democrats won two special elections there. the critics say the law targets minority voters but supporters paint it assen effort to restore confidence in the state s electoral process, despite the fact that there s no evidence of widespread flawed in the election. critics say these pictures are symbolic of the problems with the law. the governor s office released the photo on the left, governor kemp signing the
rights groups are calling georgia s new law jim crow for the 21th century. president biden says the justice department is looking at the voting law, while blasting the people who passed it. it s an atrocity. the idea, if you want any indication that it has nothing to do with fairness, nothing to do with decency, they passed a law saying you can t provide water for people standing in line while they re waiting to vote. republicans like governor kemp argue this voting law is designed to secure election integrity. it wasn t a voting rights bill, it was a security bill that will allow georgia to have secure, accessible, fair elections. outrage is growing following the arrest of georgia state representative cannon. she was handcuffed after she knocked on the door of the governor s office where the law signing was taking place. cannon has been released on bond and said on twitter, we will not live in fear and we will not be controlled. we have a right to our future and a ri