’s sweeping overhaul of voting rights, Hollywood heavyweights are threatening economic consequences for the production-friendly state and calling for a federal investigation.
The law has drawn rebukes from Democrats, including President Joe Biden and former Georgia state representative turned voting activist Stacey Abrams, who has dedicated her work to making it easier for people of color and those in low-income communities to vote in Georgia.became the latest filmmaker to speak out, encouraging the the Department of Justice to evaluate the law and saying that it “harkens to the Jim Crow era.
The push by Georgia officials to revise rules regarding mail-in balloting, access to the polls and tightening identity requirements is part of a larger national push in many GOP-dominated states to respond to baseless claims made by former President Donald Trump about widespread voter fraud costing him the 2020 presidential election — claims that were rejected last year by dozens of judges going all the way up to the Supreme Court.
I'm glad Hollywood has finally decided to stand up and use their power and platform. Where were they when women's rights were decimated?