Biden referred to it as a New Jim Crow
Under old Jim Crow, Blacks were subject to specific rules that discouraged them from voting. ”Tests” that only negroes had to take, poll taxes. Those who tried to vote anyway were fired from their jobs, forced from their homes or severely beaten.
Georgia Republicans were shocked that Biden took Georgia. Shocked that they lost two Senate Seats. Stacey Abrams got out the black vote and Republicans are scared. They couldn’t use the old methods so they needed something not so obvious
So what did they do? Make it harder for blacks to vote.
The most obvious was banning voting on Sunday knowing that Black Churches go as a group after services. After an outcry, they backed off.
But they increased voter ID requirements, put one on mail in votes, denied anyone giving aid to people on long lines (black districts).
Most serious is they took away powers of the elected Sec State and gave it to a partisan election board. This board can declare the votes in a district invalid for Irregularities. Guess which districts will be declared “irregular” ?