Voting rights advocates eye Georgia, where close governor's race could turn on who gets to vote
WASHINGTON - For years, voting rights advocates have been fighting new state laws and rules that make it harder for some people to register to vote or to cast a ballot.
This year, their fight is focused on Georgia and its race for governor.
"Georgia is ground zero this cycle," said Wendy R. Weiser, a lawyer at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University.
While Stacey Abrams, the Democratic candidate, formerly led a project that registered new voters in Georgia, Brian Kemp, the Republican candidate and current secretary of state, led a state drive to remove hundreds of thousands of infrequent voters from the
