Georgia House passes GOP bill rolling back voting access
Republicans in the Georgia House of Representatives have passed a bill which restricts voting access. The bill requires a photo ID for absentee voting, limits the amount of time voters have to request an absentee ballot, restricts where ballot drop boxes could be located and when they could be accessed, and limits early voting hours on weekends. Republicans claim the bill is needed to restore voters’ trust in the electoral process, but this argument is based on the disproven claim that significant voter fraud took place during the 2020 election. Democrats and civil rights leaders condemned the bill as a reactionary measure to Democrats’ recent success in Georgia and an attempt to disenfranchise voters of color.
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