The U.S. Justice Department will file a lawsuit on Friday challenging a Georgia election law that imposes new limits on voting, saying that it infringes on the rights of Black voters, Attorney General Merrick Garland said. The Georgia law, which also bans the distribution of water or food to people waiting on long lines at polling places, is one of a wave of new measures passed by Republican-controlled state legislatures this year, fueled by former President Donald Trump's false claims that his November election defeat was the result of widespread fraud. "This lawsuit is the first of many steps we are taking to ensure that all eligible voters can cast a vote," Garland told a news conference. "We are scrutinizing new laws that seek to curb voter access and when we see violations of federal law, we will act." The lawsuit is the first of many actions the department plans to protect Americans' right to vote, Garland said. It will also be offering new guidance on post-election audits, following a wave of challenges to the results of the 2020 supporters by Trump supporters, and issue the FBI and federal prosecutors new directions to prosecute threats to election workers. After a sweeping Democratic-sponsored bill aimed at protecting access to the ballot died on a party-line vote in the Senate this week, President Joe Biden vowed to take other steps to protect voting rights. The Georgia law, signed by Governor Brian Kemp on March 25, tightened absentee ballot identification requirements, restricted ballot drop-box use and allowed a Republican-controlled state agency to take over local voting operations. President Joe Biden, who became the first Democratic presidential candidate in three decades to win Georgia, has staunchly criticized Georgia's new law...........The Dems of the US Senate wanted to allow an electric bill as a form of voting ID, get freaking real! An illegal can an electric meter turned on for a month just to get an electric bill statement in the mail, then vote, heck no! In Alabama, one can get a free state issued ID to show at the voting box. Politicians, people handing out food, drinks, or money can't be within so many feet of the front door, a wise law. Georgia has a problem of Dems calling themselves different non political organizations to help voters to vote, handing out water for an example, to promote Democrats. To vote absent here in Bama, the double envelopes, signing everything and additional steps is a good thing to prevent voter fraud. It does take effort to vote, just proves that certain groups are to darn lazy and trying to gain Marxist Black Power.