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House Bill 531 would place tougher restrictions on voting

There are nearly seven times as many such proposals in state legislatures as there were a year ago

This coverage is made possible through Votebeat, a nonpartisan reporting project covering local election integrity and voting access. The article is available for reprint under the terms of Votebeat’s republishing policy. After a relatively slow start, it’s open season for voting law changes in the Georgia state legislature. Lawmakers have been holding near-daily hearings on voting proposals over the past week, as Republicans follow up on months of promises to change election law based on some of their constituents’ belief in unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud. Democrats have been fi...

Proposals to restrict voting gain traction in Republican states By Adam Brewster and Caitlin Huey-Burns Updated on: February 25, 2021 / 11:22 AM / CBS News Republicans push for voter restrictions After a record turnout election that delivered Democrats the presidency and the Senate, Republican lawmakers in Georgia introduced legislation this week that critics say threatens to diminish the number of voters participating in the state's next elections. If these provisions pass, Georgia would quickly go from being one of the easiest states in which to vote by mail to on...

25 Feb 2021 The Georgia State Senate passed a bill Tuesday requiring voters in the state to present a photo ID prior to receiving an absentee ballot. The vote was 35 to 18, with Democrats united in opposition, as GPB (Georgia Public Broadcasting) News reported: Majority Caucus Vice Chair Sen. Larry Walker (R-Perry) sponsored the bill and said it would improve security and efficiency of the absentee process. “It’s not about disenfranchising voters, it’s not about overly burdening the electorate,” he said. “It is about efficiency and security and election integrity and allowing the ...