As part of their broader attack on voting rights, Georgia Republicans are now taking aim at Black churches.
A new bill moving through the state legislature would severely limit early voting on Sundays, destroying many Black churches’ traditions of marching to the polls after services. The anti-voter legislature is a clear measure of revenge against Black and Brown voters for electing Senator Reverend Warnock and President Biden.
“There is no other way you can describe this other than racism, and we just need to call it what it is,” Georgia’s AME Bishop Reginald T. Jackson told the New York Times.
White supremacy isn’t limited to the South. At least 253 anti-voter bills are under consideration in 43 states to eliminate polling places and drop boxes (especially in communities of color), reduce early and absentee voting, and strip power from local election officials.
The good news is we can do something about these racist bills. After countless Americans spoke out, the U.S. House passed the For the People Act on March 8. The bill bans common anti-voter measures, expands ballot access, and cracks down on corruption and gerrymandering. Now we need to pressure the Senate to act! 1
- FaithfulAmerican.org, March 12, 2021 – Pass S.1, The For The People Act
