Three federal lawsuits have been filed challenging the constitutionality of new voting rules the Georgia Legislature passed and Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law last Thursday.

All the complaints take issue with new requirements of Senate Bill 202 for absentee voting and ballot drop boxes, reductions in the early voting time frame, shortening of poll hours for some voters, banning handing out water and refreshments to those waiting in line and giving state legislators more control over local elections officials. The complaints suggest the new law is a political backlash against the record turnout of 2020 that flipped the state from Republican to Democrat for the president and two new U.S. senators—who tipped the balance of power in Washington.