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Civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit against Georgia over its new voting law, the NAACP’s Legal Defense Fund announced on Tuesday.
The lawsuit was brought against the state by the American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Georgia, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), and law firms WilmerHale, and Davis Wright Tremaine.
The latest legal action is the now third federal lawsuit filed in court since Gov. Brian Kemp signed the bill, SB 202, or the Election Integrity Act of 2021, into law last week.
The lawsuit, similarly to the others, challenges some provisions of law under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and the 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution.
The legislation, which passed along party lines, brings big changes to several aspects of the election process. Civil rights groups have argued it suppresses voters, particularly Georgia’s Black voters.
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