Senate Bill 221 will land on Gov. Brian Kemp's desk after the legislation passed the Georgia state House 96-69 and passed the Senate unanimously.
Republican lawmakers in Georgia muscled legislation through the state House on Monday that would roll back voting access, over the objection of Democrats and civil rights groups gathered at the Capitol to protest.
Vernon Jordan, who rose from humble beginnings in the segregated South to become a champion of civil rights before reinventing himself as a Washington has died at the age of 85.
