Carolyn Bourdeaux: “Georgia was one of the first States in the country to pass a voter suppression bill after the 2020 general election, but…”

“Georgia was one of the first States in the country to pass a voter suppression bill after the 2020 general election, but S.B. 202 is just our State's latest attempt to disenfranchise minority communities. Georgia has a long history of undermining the right to vote, from the Jim Crow era to recent tactics like voter roll purges and exact match policies. It is time for Congress to fix what the Supreme Court broke in their 2013 ruling, which effectively gutted the Voting Rights Act. When I came to Congress, I vowed to support the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, and I am proud to keep that commitment today. Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support H.R. 4 and protect the sacred right to vote.”