The American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia sent a letterTuesday to the Board of Elections and Registration in Randolph County, Georgia, which complained the county’s recent proposal to close seven of its nine polling locations would “deliberately” disenfranchise the voters who reside there — a majority of whom are black. The ACLU contended that the proposal to close the polling locations is “discriminatory, unjustifiable and violates the Voting Rights Act of 1965.”
“These polling place closures will virtually guarantee lower voter turnout in a Black Belt county that is predominantly African-American (60%), and will completely prevent rural voters without transportation (again, disproportionately African-American) from voting in person on Election Day,” the letter stated.
