Rep. Park Cannon (D-Atlanta) is placed in handcuffs by Georgia State Troopers (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
Cannon was charged with obstruction of law enforcement and disruption of the General Assembly. She was released from jail late Thursday.
“She was advised that she was disturbing what was going on inside and if she did not stop, she would be placed under arrest,” Lt. W. Mark Riley wrote in a statement.
“This was a law enforcement overreach on all the charges, and my hope is that after examining the file, the district attorney will dismiss the charges,” Cannon’s lawyer, Gerald Griggs, said Friday. Griggs said he had already spoken to Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.
The new law requires a photo identification to vote absentee by mail. It also shortens how long voters have to request an absentee ballot and limits where ballot drop boxes can be placed and when they can be used. Republicans said Georgia needed to restore the confidence of voters who believed President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of widespread fraud. They also noted that the law increases the number of in-person early voting days on weekends.
“We’re expanding the right to vote in Georgia,” Kemp said Thursday.
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