Georgia Lawmakers Advance Bid to Ban Automatic Absentee Ballot Mailings
ATLANTA (CN) — Georgia lawmakers advanced legislation Wednesday which would ban election officials from mailing absentee ballot request forms unless a voter requests one.
The measure is part of Senate Bill 463, which also loosens restrictions on ballot signature-matching requirements and provides for the division of large precincts under certain conditions.
The bill could receive a vote in the Georgia House before the Legislature ends its current session Friday. If the measure passes and is signed by Republican Governor Brian Kemp, it could take effect before the November general election.
If passed, the bill would prevent Georgia election officials from repeating a large-scale absentee voting effort undertaken by Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger prior to the primary election.
Raffensperger mailed ballot request forms to 6.9 million registered voters ahead of the primary to encourage voting by mail in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
https://www.courthousenews.com/georgia-lawmakers-advance-bid-to-ban-automatic-absentee-ballot-mailings/
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So is the potential splitting-up of large districts.
This bill is a mixed bag (or, so it appears to me).
-Laelth
-Laelth
