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The Republican-dominated Georgia House of Representatives is poised to pass a bill that will limit access to voting. The bill in question would curtail access to voting drop boxes, allow unlimited challenges to voter registrations and eligibility, require an ID for absentee voting, and prohibit the secretary of state from sending unsolicited absentee ballot applications, among other provisions. There is a similar, though smaller, version of the bill currently being considered by the Georgia Senate. If it is passed, then the House and Senate

Republican lawmakers in Georgia are considering another bill which would restrict voters’ access to the ballot box. The bill in question, unexpectedly introduced during a session of the House Special Elections Integrity Committee, would allow any Georgian to challenge the eligibility of an unlimited number of voters and require voters requesting absentee ballots to provide specific forms of identification, among other provisions. Democrats criticized the sudden introduction of the bill as yet another attempt on the part of Georgia Republicans to suppress voting rights,

In this report, CNN provides a helpful overview of the current state of the voting rights debate in America, including recent actions in states seeking to restrict access to the ballot box. It also answers some basic questions like, “Why not just have everyone vote at the same time and in the same way?” and “Can’t everyone over 18 in the US vote? How can states restrict access?”Visit CNN to learn more.  Voter Education Week Young adults will be the nation’s largest voting bloc in the

The Republican State Leadership Committee has announced that GOP lawmakers and secretaries of state will form a commission to look at election laws. The commission will focus on voter roll accuracy, absentee or mail-in voting, and the process for counting ballots that are received by Election Day. Republicans behind the plan say they are responding to constituent concerns over the safety and integrity of the ballot. Democrats say that the commission is a coordinated attempt at voter suppression.Visit the CNN to learn more.Image credit:

Voting rights activists claim that massive registration of and turnout among African-American voters, which make up about a third of Georgia’s electorate, helped propel Rev. Raphael Warnock to his victory over Senator Kelly Loeffler. Exit polls reveal that 93% of Georgia’s African-American voters supported both Warnock and Jon Ossoff. Early voting and grassroots organizing played a key role in the high voter turnout.Visit CNN to learn more. Pictured: Georgia-based voting rights advocate Stacey Abrams meeting with young people at the Kennedy Institute, December 2019. Voter Education