Georgia's Republican-led legislature passes sweeping voting restrictions

• Measure signed into law by Governor Brian Kemp
• Move follows record turnout in November election and Senate runoffs

Georgia lawmakers on Thursday gave final approval to legislation to impose sweeping new restrictions on voting access in the state that make it harder to vote by mail and give the state legislature more power over elections.

The measure was signed into law by Governor Brian Kemp, a Republican, on Thursday evening. Significant reforms to our state elections were needed. There's no doubt there were many alarming issues with how the election was handled, and those problems, understandably, led to a crisis of confidence," Kemp said during prepared remarks shortly after signing the bill.