Umthombo: Amaphupha aqhelekileyo
Imibutho yamalungelo oluntu kunye nokuvota ngoLwesibini ijoyine abenzi bomthetho beDemokhrasi ekugwebeni abezomthetho baseRiphabhlikhi eGeorgia emva kokuba iNdlu yaBameli belizwe iphumeze umthetho oyilwayo obeka izithintelo emitsha yokuvota ukuba elinye iqela lathi "libuyela emva kwiintsuku zobumnyama zikaJim Crow."
Amalungu owiso-mthetho aseRiphabhlikhi ajolise ngabom kubantu baseGeorgia abaNtsundu nabantsundu ngoluhlu lwamatyala alihlazo abuyela kwiintsuku zobumnyama zikaJim Crow eGeorgia.
โUAunna Dennis, unobangela oqhelekileyo
NgoMvulo, iNdlu yaseburhulumenteni ivotele i-97-22, ubukhulu becala kunye nemigca yeqela, ukuba iphumelele HB 531, efuna ukuchongwa ngakumbi ngokuvota ongekhoyo, inciphisa inani leebhokisi zokuthotywa kwevoti, kwaye icuthe iintsuku zokuvota kwangempelaveki. Umlinganiselo ngoku ubhekisa kwiSenethi yelizwe elilawulwa yiRiphabhlikhi, apho ikomiti bavotelwe NgoMvulo ukuphelisa ukuvota kwabangekhoyo.
Ethetha ngoogxa bakhe baseRiphabhlikhi, uRep. Kimberly Alexander (D--66) wathi emva kwevoti yeNdlu ukuba abenzi bomthetho be-GOP "bazama ukutshintsha imithetho yonyulo apha eGeorgia, imithetho oyibhalileyo, kuba woyisiwe."
"Uyazi ukuba ekuphela kwethuba lakho lokuphumelela unyulo oluzayo kukuthintela abantu baseGeorgia ukuba babale iivoti zabo kunye namazwi abo," utshilo uAlexander. I-Atlanta Journal-siseko.
Amazwi ka-Alexander agxininiswe ngu-Aklima Khondoker, umlawuli welizwe laseGeorgia kwiqela le-advocacy All Voting is Local, owathi kwingxelo ethi "la matyala amatsha atyholwa ngamandla ahlaziywa ngekomiti kwaye akazange abe neenjongo zokusombulula imiba yokwenyani eyayibetheleleka. unyulo lwethu olufana nemigca emide, ukungasebenzi kakuhle koomatshini, kunye nokunqongophala kwabasebenzi.โ
โAbavoti baseGeorgia baphume ngoNovemba nangoJanuwari, besenza ukuba amazwi abo avakale ngeebhokisi zokuvota, bandise ukuvota kwabantu abangekhoyo, kwaye bandise iiyure zokuvota kwangoko,โ wongeze watsho uKhondoker. โOko kunyuswa kokufikelela kuxhobise abavoti ukuba batshintshe imeko yezopolitiko yaseGeorgia, kwaye ngoku, indlu yowiso-mthetho izama ukuqinisekisa ukuba ayiphindi yenzeke. Abantu baseGeorgia kufuneka babe nenkululeko yokuvota ngendlela ebalungeleyo.โ
U-Aunna Dennis, umlawuli olawulayo kwiqela le-progressive watchdog Unobangela oqhelekileyo - Georgia , wathi kwisiteyitimenti esithi "AbaseRiphabhlikhi baseGeorgia abakhange bazithande iziphumo zonyulo luka-2020 ngoko bagqibe kwelokuba bazakuzama ukuyalela ukuba bavumele bani ukuba bavote kwaye bangavumi ukuba bavote." UDennis waqhubeka:
Amalungu owiso-mthetho aseRiphabhlikhi aye ajolise ngabom kubantu baseGeorgia abaMnyama nabantsundu kunye nomtya olihlazo wamatyala abuyela kwiintsuku ezimnyama zikaJim Crow eGeorgia. Ukuba nabani na unawo nawaphi na amathandabuzo malunga nokujoliswa kobuhlanga kulo mthetho ucetywayo akufuneki bajonge ngaphaya kokuvalwa kwawo kwimpelaveki kwangethuba lokuvota okuya kuphelisa iMiphefumlo kwiiPoli, isiko ekudala likhona samabandla aMnyama eGeorgia esiya kuvota emva kwenkonzo yeCaweโฆ
Inkqubo yokuxinanisa la matyala okunciphisa abavoti nge-Georgia House kunye ne-Senate ibe yinkohlakalo. Utshintsho lwaye lwaziswa kanye kwimpelaveki kwaye ithuba lokufaka igalelo loluntu belinganelanga ngokulusizi. Kwaye okumangalisayo kukuba, yonke le nkqubo yayisekelwe kubuxoki ukuba abezomthetho be-GOP ngokwabo baqhubekisela phambili. Baxokisa abaxhasi babo ngesiphumo sonyulo baza basebenzisa amathandabuzo awayehlwayelwe bobo buxoki njengesizathu sokuthethelela eli phulo linamandla lokumisela ulawulo lwegcuntswana ngokugcina amawakawaka abantu baseGeorgia ukuba bavote.
Iiseneta zase-Georgia zase-US-zombini iiDemokhrasi-zilinganisele kwiibhili, kunye noRaphael Warnock. ebiza "Ukucinezela abavoti ngokuphandle" kunye noJon Ossoff phawula ukuba isiqendu seHB 531 seza kwangaloo mini iNdlu yeeNgwevu iphumeza ngamxhelo-mnye isigqibo sayo sokuhlonela ongasekhoyo uRep. John Lewis, iqhawe lamalungelo oluntu nokuvota.
Sherrilyn Ifill, umongameli kunye nomlawuli-umcebisi kwi-NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, tweeted ukuba isicatshulwa sesigqibo sikaLewis "ayisokuze, kodwa kufanele, ihlaze abo bazimisele kakhulu ekugqithiseni amatyala oxinzelelo lwabavoti eGeorgia ngoku."
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