Civil Rights Groups Sue Georgia Over Election Reform Bill

By Mike Brest, Breaking News Reporter | March 30, 2021

A handful of civil rights groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Georgia officials over the election reform bill signed into law by Gov. Brian Kemp.  At the heart of the lawsuit is S.B. 202, the omnibus election bill that passed through the state legislature and was signed into law by Kemp on March 25.

The American Civil Liberties Union, ACLU of Georgia, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Southern Poverty Law Center, and multiple law firms filed the suit in the Northern District of Georgia Atlanta Division on behalf of a handful of groups, including the Sixth District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Georgia Muslim Voter Project, Women Watch Afrika, Latino Community Fund Georgia, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc........ To Read More....