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Jimmy Carter voted thanks to the GOP's least favorite law

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Former President Jimmy Carter was able to vote in his home state of Georgia this week .

The Voting Rights Act gives voting assistance assistance to those who need assistance to vote by reason of blindness, disability, or inability to read or write.

In recent years , Republicans have attacked voters' right to assistance, sometimes with carve-outs for close family members.