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Georgia Republicans File Sweeping Elections Bill To Limit Early And Absentee Voting Friday, February 19, 2021 Items at a Gwinnett County, Ga., voting location on Jan. 5, when Democrats flipped two U.S. Senate seats after President Biden won the state in November. Georgia Republicans are proposing a sweeping new state law that would restrict early and absentee voting. Megan Varner / Getty Images was originally published by Georgia Public Broadcasting. Republicans in the Georgia legislature have released legislation that proposes tougher restrictions on both absentee and in-perso...

ATLANTA — Prosecutors could gain access to otherwise secret files of prison inmates convicted of violent crimes who are up for parole under legislation that cleared the Georgia House of

Georgia House Bill 270, in its first iteration, set a deadline after which counties could no longer issue an absentee ballot. Now, under a version approved by a House committee Tuesday, the bill instead sets a deadline by which absentee ballot applications must be received by a county.

Georgia House lawmakers rehashed a bill Tuesday aimed at pushing back the deadline when voters can request and send in absentee ballots before elections.

ATLANTA — The deadline for Georgia voters to request absentee ballots would be moved back to 10 days before election day, according to a bill that passed a Georgia House committee Tuesday with bipartisan support. The legislation would also require county election officials to get absentee ballots in