The Republican National Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee moved on Wednesday to intervene in lawsuits brought by liberal advocacy groups challenging Georgia and Iowa's new election laws.
The GOP organizations say the state laws will boost voter confidence and provide accountability for local election officials.
"We are confident the courts will see through this partisan rhetoric and uphold both of the laws that reasonably balance access and integrity." TOP STORIES Another 13 states sue Biden administration to block tax-cut ban in federal stimulus package Marjorie Taylor Greene rips White House support for vaccine 'passport': 'Biden's Mark of the Beast' Texas coronavirus cases fall after mask mandate is lifted The motions to intervene in the federal lawsuits come after civil rights groups sued to block the laws, arguing the new measures run afoul of the Constitution and discriminate against minority voters.
The federal lawsuit asserts that the law violates the Voting Rights Act.
In addition to requiring an ID, the law reduces the time to request absentee ballots and sets new rules for ballot drop boxes.
The rewrite of Georgia election laws passed in party-line votes, and outraged Democrats and liberal voting right activists who say Republicans are trying to suppress the Black vote.
Iowa recently enacted a law that limits early voting and requires polling sites to close an hour earlier.
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