
Black faith leaders push back after elimination of Sunday voting in one Georgia county
CNN
The Rev. Zachary Holmes spent part of last weekend assembling people to head to the polls ahead of Tuesday's primaries. But the church parking lot was a lot less crowded than it normally would have been.
That's because it was Saturday, not Sunday.
Previously, Holmes had conducted voting efforts on Sundays after church, as early voting on that day was popular for Black churchgoers. But, amid an ongoing fight over voting access in Georgia and nationwide, the Spalding County election board in April voted to eliminate the option. It is one of seven Georgia counties that had Sunday early voting in the 2020 election but will not have the option available for the midterms.

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