As Southern states restrict voting rights, local bishops remain largely silent.

The article reports that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops declined to directly address nationwide changes to voting rights as at least 18 states enacted several laws to restrict access to the vote between January 1 and July 14, 2021. Topics include examines that State legislatures in Georgia and Florida passed and Republican governors signed controversial broad bills that the Brennan Center and civil rights groups like the NAACP describe as voter suppression laws.