WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden issued a statement Friday condemning a sweeping Republican-sponsored overhaul of state elections in Georgia that includes new restrictions on voting by mail and greater legislative control over how elections are run.The law, signed this week by Georgia Gov.
Brian Kemp, drew protests and criticism from Democrats and voting rights groups, who say it will disproportionately disenfranchise voters of color."This is Jim Crow in the 21st Century.
It must end," the president’s statement reads. "We have a moral and Constitutional obligation to act."It is one of a wave of GOP-backed election bills introduced in states around the country after former President Donald Trump stoked false claims that fraud led to his 2020.