Georgia Senate Passes 4 Voting Bills, Including ID For Absentee Applications

[diehardblue]

The Republican-controlled Georgia Senate approved four elections bills Tuesday, the first of many expected in the legislative session following Democratic victories in November and January. The biggest change would see absentee by mail applications verified using a form of ID.

The measures are much less extreme and restrictive than others proposed by some lawmakers that have pushed false claims of election fraud, though Democrats objected to three of them for various reasons.

SB 67 adds an ID requirement to paper requests for absentee ballots, and would require either a driver's license number, state ID number or photocopy of a photo ID that would be needed for in-person voting. An online portal, created by the secretary of state's office last year and codified under this bill, already requires that information for a request. This would also eliminate the controversial signature matching procedure currently in place to verify applications, but would leave it in place for verifying the actual ballot.

Majority Caucus Vice Chair Sen. Larry Walker (R-Perry) sponsored the bill and said it would improve security and efficiency of the absentee process.

https://www.gpb.org/news/2021/02/23/georgia-senate-passes-4-voting-bills-including-id-for-absentee-applications

[Iliyah]

1. I know these bills target POC areas . . .

but it will also encompass their voting block as well. Just saying.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

2. This, despite there being, of course, zero evidence that this change to the law is needed

No evidence of anyone fraudulently requesting an absentee ballot, etc.

Just straight up 'trying to make it harder for people to vote' because they know that it helps the GOQ's chances in future elections.