The track record of Georgia, and several other states, on voting rights is reason enough for Congress to restore protections of the Voting Rights Act that were struck down by a Supreme Court decision last year, according to the Rev. Dr. Francys Johnson. “The history of voting rights in Georgia can best be categorized as promises made, promises broken; promises remade, promises broken; promises made and now, promises only partially realized,” said Johnson, a Statesboro lawyer and the president of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, during testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. “I come to this august committee,” he continued, “with a view from rural communities like Sylvania, Statesboro and Sylvester, and cities like Augusta, Albany and Atlanta.