This is a familiar pattern, and one that we’ve seen at both the national and state level – as I had noted recently, one sure way to draw down the wrath of Republican Party members is to encourage voter registration among minority populations. For obvious reasons (such as the desire not to get voted out of office), Georgia Republicans have filed a criminal complaint against a group that has boosted African-American voter registration numbers.

Slate magazine has the story here: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2014/09/stacey_abrams_new_georgia_project_shocks_georgia_s_gop_republicans_fighting.html?wpsrc=sh_all_dt_tw_bot