In our politically divided times, it seems almost impossible for elected leaders to work together across the aisle to pass policies that help everyday working parents put family first.

In America, the right to vote is sacred. However, some Georgia lawmakers want to place undue and unequal burdens on Georgians attempting to exercise their right to vote. If the legislature doesn’t act urgently, many Georgians will have more difficulty voting than other Americans.

As a minister and an advocate, I’ve worked on voter registration drives and helped local leaders ensure fair elections all across Georgia, from Albany to Atlanta to Augusta. No matter where Georgia voters live, what we look like, or what we do for a living, we know that our freedom to vote is the foundation of a morally accountable government that serves us all.

Like much of the South, Georgia has a long history of rewriting the rules when Black communities make political advancements. Ever since Reconstruction, gerrymandering has been one of the tools that political leaders have used to fight back against those advancements — Georgia’s current congressional and state legislative maps are the latest version of this generations-old story.

The annual legislative session for the Georgia General Assembly recently concluded, and with it a chance to correct one of the largest issues facing Georgia voters and elections today — mass voter challenges.