MLB moves All-Star Game: What do Colorado's voting rights look like?

Published April 6, 2021 12:00am ET



Major League Baseball yanked its annual All-Star Game out of Georgia over the state's new election laws, but the reported new venue, Colorado, already has a voter ID requirement that critics of the Peach State measures say is racist.

Although polls show voter ID laws have broad public support, critics claim it and other aspects of Georgia's new election rules will disenfranchise black voters. Colorado, like Georgia, already requires those showing up at the polls to present ID before voting. Georgia will now require those requesting and casting absentee ballots to present ID, after previously only requiring voters to sign an application.

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