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Strict absentee voting limits proposed after record Georgia turnout
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Jan 07, 2021 09:05am |
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| Category | Proposed Legislation |
| News Date | Thursday, January 7, 2021 12:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Voting was never easier in Georgia than in November’s presidential election. But it might not last.
Republican legislators plan to crack down on voting access after record turnout helped Democrat Joe Biden win Georgia, flipping the state after 24 years of GOP presidential wins.
They blame absentee ballots, used by 1.3 million Georgians who voted from home during the coronavirus pandemic. In all, 5 million people voted in the general election.
That era of widespread absentee voting will quickly come to an end if the Georgia General Assembly passes laws this year to eliminate no-excuse absentee voting, ballot drop boxes and unsolicited absentee ballot application mailings, as Republicans have proposed. |
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