Ga. voting lines subject of House debate

Proposal seeks sweeping changes to election laws

In this Jan. 17 photo, Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. A spat over hours-long lines experienced by some Georgia voters bubbled up in Congress this week. Recent elections in Georgia were criticized during a hearing in Washington Tuesday. McBath said the lines represented underinvestment at best and voter suppression at worst. - photo by Associated Press

long voting lines.jpg — In this Jan. 17 photo, Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. A spat over hours-long lines experienced by some Georgia voters bubbled up in Congress this week. Recent elections in Georgia were criticized during a hearing in Washington Tuesday. McBath said the lines represented underinvestment at best and voter suppression at worst. - photo by Associated Press

ATLANTA — A spat over whether hourslong lines experienced by some Georgia voters were a positive sign of increased participation or an unfavorable result of poor investment and mismanagement bubbled up in Congress this week during a debate over a proposal that seeks to make sweeping changes to voting law.

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