Yahoo Autos Georgia gov. not 'backing down' amid voting law protests
KEMP: “Yesterday, Major League Baseball caved to fear and lies from liberal activists.”
Georgia’s Republican Governor Brian Kemp on Saturday lambasted Major League Baseball’s decision to move this year’s draft and All-Star Game out of the state in protest over new voting restrictions.
MLB’s move comes as a growing number of major U.S. companies have joined forces in challenging Georgia’s Republican-backed voter law… one that added ID requirements for absentee ballots, shortened early voting periods for runoffs, and made it a misdemeanor to offer food and water to voters waiting in line.
Civil rights groups have filed lawsuits against Georgia’s restrictions - arguing the law suppresses voting among Black Americans and other racial minorities who tend to vote Democratic.
But Kemp on Saturday repeated his view that the new law makes elections more secure:
