A trio of lawsuits against Georgia’s new voting restrictions are well founded—but face an uphill battle. My @TheEconomist analysis economist.com/united-states/…
There are three main headwinds:
1. a kneecapped Voting Rights Act w/ a vestigial Section 5 as a result of the Shelby County decision in 2013
1. a kneecapped Voting Rights Act w/ a vestigial Section 5 as a result of the Shelby County decision in 2013
2. Uncertainty over the meaning of section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, the remaining teeth in the law which could be knocked out or filed down by a pending case that SCOTUS is set to decide in the coming months.
3. Less overt and more ingenious restrictions on the franchise that may appear reasonable (and often have analogues in other states, whether benign or not) but are suppressive by design and effect.
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