Most of us know of the voting laws that 48 states are trying to enact……and now the DOJ has stepped up to act as the legal voice of the nation….it begins with the voting laws in the state of Georgia.

The Justice Department is suing Georgia over the state’s voting laws, per the AP. The decision, to be announced later Friday by Attorney General Merrick Garland, comes two weeks after Garland said the Justice Department would scrutinize a wave of new laws in Republican-controlled states that tighten voting rules. He pledged to take action if prosecutors found unlawful activity. The move also comes as pressure grows on the Biden administration to respond to GOP-backed laws being pushed in the states this year. An effort to overhaul election laws was blocked this week by Republican senators. As of mid-May, 22 restrictive laws had passed in at least 14 states, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, which researches voting and supports expanded access.

While much of the more controversial aspects of Georgia’s new voting law were dropped before it was passed, it is notable in its scope and for newly expansive powers granted to the state over local election offices. Under the bill, the GOP-dominated legislature gave itself greater influence over a state board that regulates elections and empowered that board to remove local election officials deemed to be underperforming. That has raised concerns that the state board could intervene in the operations of Democratic-run county election offices in metro Atlanta, the state’s Democratic power center. The bill also adds a voter ID requirement for mail ballots and will result in fewer ballot drop boxes in metro Atlanta.

These laws should be challenged because they are an assault on the right of every American.

Let the others follow suit (no pun intended)ma and take on these laws that are trying to lessen the democratic process in most states.

On a lighter note–today is my birthday….74 and counting…..I shall spend the day with family and burgers on the grill.

Peace out my friends.

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