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Raffensperger Backs Reform of Absentee Voting, Elimination of “No Excuse” Absentee Ballots
Raffensperger’s change in position comes after his office mailed absentee ballot applications to every registered voter in the state back in April of this year.
December 28, 2020
For the upcoming General Assembly, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and County Election Officials are calling for reform of the no excuse absentee ballot request rule to allow Georgia’s elections officials to effectively run elections in Georgia. Georgia currently requires strained county elections officials to hold three weeks of early, in-person voting, election day voting, and unfettered, no-excuse absentee ballot voting, which strains county resources and budgets.