The attached lawsuit filed this week outlines why the new Georgia law is challenged.
The racism (regularly portrayed on this Board) starts with the falsehood that voter fraud occurs in precincts populated by minorities. Stated differently, the racist assumes that heavy turnout is presumptively laden with fraudulent minority votes, even in the absence of any evidence (as numerous courts highlighted in the post November 2020 election litigation).
Ironically, Trump did better in minority urban precincts in 2020 vs 2016, but worse in the suburban precincts, which was the tipping point in favor of Biden. Senator Pat Toomey (R) addressed this very point on the Senate floor on January 6th, explaining why Biden’s victory in Pennsylvania was trustworthy and legitimate.
So, it is not that the Georgia law is “racist.” Rather, the racism starts with the presumption that Georgia’s voting scheme needs to be fixed in the first place.
There is a reason why Georgia and other GOP dominated legislatures took immediate steps to swiftly change the voting process. They lost twice, in November and in the January runoffs. The law seeks to make sure they can fix the results in a close race.
In this thread below in my reply to Emerson Lake & Palmer, I outlined key provisions in SB 202 that create voting obstacles and provide the GOP with a competitive advantage and nuclear option to overturn a bad result for the GOP.
Voter ID cards are NOT designed to ensure voter integrity, but to create obstacles and trip wires that disproportionately impact minorities. Fact.
Voting ought not be difficult. It should be user friendly. America has decades of experience in ensuring that ballots are legitimate.
2020 was one of America’s finest moments in holding a free and fair election amidst a pandemic. The Trump Administration (Krebs) deserves credit for pulling it off. Trump lost the election because substantially more Americans rejected his leadership and favored Biden and the Democrats.
Link: https://www.splcenter.org/sites/default/files/sixth_district_of_the_ame_church_v._brian_kemp.pdf