One hot topic in the news this week has been the recent efforts of Republicans to change voter laws. The Democrats have responded by saying that the Republicans are engaging in a campaign to suppress votes, especially the votes of minorities. One recent example is in Georgia, where Thursday night, the legislators approved election reform laws that would include voter ID requirements, limiting ballot drop boxes, and also limiting people from offering food and water to voters.
For Debate:
1. Are Republicans, or more specifically Georgia's new election law reform, aimed at suppressing votes?
Source: CNNThe new law imposes new voter identification requirements for absentee ballots, empowers state officials to take over local elections boards, limits the use of ballot drop boxes and makes it a crime to approach voters in line to give them food and water.
"It's like the Christmas tree of goodies for voter suppression," Democratic state Sen. Jen Jordan said on the Senate floor as lawmakers prepared to vote on the nearly 100-page bill Thursday.
Republicans cast the measure, dubbed The Election Integrity Act of 2021, as necessary to boost confidence in elections after the 2020 election saw Trump make repeated, unsubstantiated claims of fraud.
For Debate:
1. Are Republicans, or more specifically Georgia's new election law reform, aimed at suppressing votes?