Georgia Voting Law Punished Secretary Of State For Defying Trump: Election Official

Georgia Republican election official Gabriel Sterling told CNN on Saturday that the state’s new restrictive voting law was also motivated by revenge against an official who defied Donald Trump over his false claims of election fraud.

if a Democrat wins a GOP-controlled swing state in 2024, I think there’s a very good chance the victory isn’t certified https://t.co/x0MCr0n4PO

— b-boy bouiebaisse (@jbouie) March 28, 2021

Warnock's seat comes into focus amid battle over voting laws and filibuster rules

Freshman Sen. Raphael Warnock, whose surprise victory in Georgia helped give Democrats the narrowest of majorities, now finds himself squarely in the center of an intensifying battle over tightening election laws and protecting the Senate's filibuster

The real question for my colleagues on the other side of the aisle is what are they going to do about voting rights? pic.twitter.com/cijatGD1jz

— Reverend Raphael Warnock (@ReverendWarnock) March 26, 2021

Election Defamation Lawsuits Open New Front In Fight Against Disinformation

The victims of some of the most pernicious conspiracy theories of 2020 are fighting back in court. Voting equipment companies have filed a series of massive defamation lawsuits against allies of former President Trump in an effort to exert accountability over falsehoods about the companies' role in the election and repair damage to their brands.

Election Defamation Lawsuits Open New Front In Fight Against Disinformation https://t.co/RKgCj4JjWv

— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) March 27, 2021

In signing that bill, Brian Kemp just accelerated our campaign

To remove him from office in 2022. We NEED a Governor that BELIEVES in VOTING RIGHTS!

In signing that bill, Brian Kemp just accelerated our campaign to remove him from office in 2022. We NEED a Governor that BELIEVES in VOTING RIGHTS!🔥 pic.twitter.com/Js1jEUHxg4

— LaTosha Brown (@MsLaToshaBrown) March 26, 2021

Democrats accuse the GOP of Jim Crow-style rollbacks in voting rights, using the pretext of imaginary fraud in the Trump-Biden race.

Gov. Greg Abbott’s order allowing just one ballot drop-off site in even the largest Texas counties last fall, and impending GOP moves in Austin to throw up further voting roadblocks

#Texas US Sen #TedCruz denounces DEMS' voting rights bill as "shameless power grab"
-Southern politics are always on the menu at ChickenFriedPolitics.com-https://t.co/9suGKX1kNL

— ChickenFriedPolitics (@ChkFriPolitics) March 25, 2021

Ted Cruz Decries Voting Rights Bill As Shameless Power Grab By American People To Control Country

WASHINGTON—Calling the proposed law “dangerous” and “unprecedented”, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) decried a new voting rights bill Thursday as a shameless power grab by the American people to control the country.

Ted Cruz Decries Voting Rights Bill As Shameless Power Grab By American People To Control Country https://t.co/yhtG7KoYjz pic.twitter.com/JA6SCAmNBa

— The Onion (@TheOnion) March 25, 2021

Most conspicuously, the new law bars third-party groups from sharing food and water with people waiting in voting lines

Georgia's new sweeping elections law has a number of controversial provisions that will restrict access to voting. But one in particular has some people shaking their heads.

❌Bans mobile voting
❌Bans giving💧to voters in line
❌Implements a near ban on out-of-precinct voting
❌Shortens VBM return period
❌Limits drop boxes
❌Limits polling place hours
❌Adds ID rules to VBM ballots

👆Textbook voter suppression. https://t.co/nq03S9faNC

— Democracy Docket (@DemocracyDocket) March 26, 2021