GOP AGs fume over Justice Department’s plans to ‘intrude’ in states’ elections

The GOP attorneys general are expressing their disapproval over plans by the Department of Justice to step into state-level elections. They are perturbed by what they see as an intrusion into a domain typically managed at the state level. This stems from sections 4 and 5 of the Voting Rights Act, which were invalidated by the Supreme Court, but are now being pushed by the DOJ for reinstatement. These sections previously required certain jurisdictions with histories of discriminatory practices to get pre-clearance from the DOJ before making