Approval of Georgia's VoteSafe Program
Under the Voting Rights Act, any state-level change to voter registration rules must be approved by the U.S. Department of Justice. At the end of December, Georgia’s proposed VoteSafe program, designed to keep private the addresses of victims of domestic violence, was approved by the Department of Justice.

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