Georgia’s secretary of state has settled less than 24 hours after a civil rights group challenged a state law limiting the use of interpreters at the polls.
Secretary of State Robyn Crittenden agreed the state law will not be enforced for the Dec. 4 runoff, an upcoming March 19 special election or any subsequent election, said James Woo, a spokesman for Asian Americans Advancing Justice in Atlanta. AAAJ filed suit Wednesday, asking a federal judge for a temporary restraining order to bar enforcement of the state law.
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