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'A partisan response to an imaginary crisis': Georgia voting law changes reflects badly on the state's image Mark Murphy Replay Video UP NEXT This is a column by Mark Murphy, a Savannah-area physician and author. He is a longtime contributor to the Savannah Morning News. The right to vote is one of the most fundamental privileges in any free nation. The capacity of voters to peacefully change the trajectory of government is a powerful tool, forcing elected officials to be held accountable for their actions on a regular basis.   As originally ratified, the U.S. Constitution ...

This is a column by Kyle Wingfield, president and CEO of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation, a Libertarian-leaning policy think tank based in Atlanta. The 2021 legislative session is over, and the most-discussed legislation concerned election reform. While dozens of these bills were introduced, only Senate Bill 202 cleared both chambers. Gov. Brian Kemp signed it into law on March 25. Much of what’s been said about this bill has been inaccurate. Rather than opining about it, I’m simply going to summarize the most important changes. Early voting: For primary and general elections, earl...