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The bill comes after record turnout led to Democratic wins in Georgia’s presidential election and two U.S. Senate runoffs.

The Georgia House of Representatives passed the proposed legislation on Monday.

ATLANTA — House lawmakers voted to pass an election overhaul bill that would restrict ballot drop boxes, limit weekend early voting and add additional absentee ID requirements, despite pushback that the measure makes voting harder in Georgia. The bill, House Bill 531, passed the chamber 97-72 after lengthy of debate and hours of protests outside the state Capitol. Republican lawmakers pitched the measure as an effort to boost “integrity” and “public confidence” after the majority party lost statewide bids to Democrats in the general and runoff elections. Falsehoods th...

Georgia's House of Representatives passed an omnibus bill that would reform a range of election rules, including over ...

Charles M. Blow: Voter suppression is grand larceny When it comes to voter suppression, ignoble intentions are always draped in noble language. Voter Oppression | Pat Bagley   | March 2, 2021, 2:00 p.m. In 1890, Mississippi became one of the first states in the country to call a constitutional convention for the express purpose of writing white supremacy into the DNA of the state. At the time, a majority of the registered voters in the state were Black men. The lone Black delegate to the convention, Isaiah Montgomery, participated in openly suppressing the voting eligibility of most of thos...