Georgia Senate votes to eliminate no-excuse absentee voting
The Georgia Senate voted to restrict absentee voting to those who are at least 65 years old, have a physical disability, or are out of town. They also voted to require Georgians to provide a driver’s license number, state ID, or other identification. The bill passed on a party-line vote, with Republicans supporting and Democrats opposing the measure.Visit the Atlanta Journal Constitution to learn more.Image credit: Connor Carey (CC BY-SA 3.0) Voter Education Week Young adults will be the nation’s largest voting bloc in the upcoming
New Hampshire Republicans Wage War on Student Voting Rights
Republican lawmakers in New Hampshire have introduced a series of bills which would make it more difficult for college students to vote. Those bills prevent students from voting in New Hampshire if they maintain a domicile address in another state, forbid students from registering to vote at their college address, and prohibit the use of a college ID as a voter ID. New Hampshire has the highest number of students per capita in the country, making up about 12% of the entire state population.Visit
Biden signs executive order aimed at promoting voting rights
President Biden has signed an executive order which seeks to expand access to voting and voting information. Signed on the 56th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday,” the order directs federal agencies to devise plans to increase voter registration and participation, help states with voter registration efforts, and modernize Vote.gov, the federal government’s voting information website. President Biden signed the order a week after the House passed H.R. 1, a sweeping voting rights reform bill, and in the wake of several Republican state legislatures introducing or
Republican Sen. Mike Lee says Democratic voting rights bill was ‘written in hell by the devil himself’
In an interview with Fox News, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) called H.R. 1, the recent major voting and ethics reform law passed by House Democrats, “rotten to the core.” He accused Democrats of passing a bill which will give the federal government more power over elections in order to benefit Democratic candidates. Many of H.R. 1’s provisions, including requiring same-day voter registration, two weeks of early voting, and lax voter ID requirements, are already in place in Utah, where Lee has won two state-wide
House passes sweeping voting rights bill over GOP opposition
Congressional Democrats have House Resolution 1, also known as the For the People Act, a large and significant piece of voting and ethics reform legislation. The bill would require states to automatically register eligible voters, offer same-day registration, offer 15 days of early voting, and allow no-excuse absentee balloting, while limiting states’ ability to purge registered voters from their rolls. It would also revamp the Federal Elections Commission, extend voting rights to former felons upon completion of their sentences, and mandate that nonpartisan commissions