(AURN News) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, R-Ga., has signed a new law that critics say is designed to weaken Black political power in metro Atlanta, and a legal fight is already brewing.
House Bill 369, signed Tuesday, removes party labels from local election ballots in five counties — Fulton, DeKalb, Gwinnett, Cobb and Clayton.
That means voters in those counties will no longer see a D or R next to candidates’ names for offices like district attorney, county commissioner and tax commissioner beginning in 2028.
Those five counties are the only ones affected out of Georgia’s 159 counties, and they are heavily Black and Democratic. The other 154 counties, many of them predominantly white, will keep party labels on the ballot.
The district attorneys in all five affected counties are Black Democratic women, and they are fighting the law aggressively.
DeKalb County District Attorney Sherry Boston and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis have pledged to challenge the law in court.
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