The Atlanta Journal-Constitution offers this report, which begins: ”
The U.S. Justice Department approved a Republican-drawn redistricting plan late Thursday that changes state
Senate boundaries in the counties surrounding Athens.” See also Athens representative trying to block Republican map change. Meanwhile, in other Georgia voting rights news, the American Center for Voting Rights has filed this letter supporting preclearance of the Georgia voter i.d. law. It relies upon the recent controversial district court decision upholding Indiana’s voter identification law. (Meanwhile, People for the American Way has now criticized the activites of ACVR.)