The real problem with the Georgia elections bill is not about water....

[UGADawg]

Is that the Legislature can overturn the election vote.

The water is a smokescreen.

[patphil]

1. They're telling the residents of Georgia that their vote only counts if the legislature likes it.

As you know, Republicans adhere to the philosophy, "it's not who votes that counts, it's who counts the votes", and if they don't like your vote it won't be counted.
I thinking most of the votes they don't like will be from Democrats...perhaps all.

[Hoyt]

2. The worst thing the law does is give credence to trump's election lies.

The MFer lost because he was a pitiful Prez.

Here’s a good article on how overturning an election is unlikely:

https://www.savannahnow.com/story/news/2021/04/07/georgia-new-election-law-republicans-overturn-results-senate-bill-202/7092460002/

[Skittles]

3. they'll be able to "find" those votes next time

yup

[Bettie]

4. So, when the midterms come around

are they going to simply declare that Republicans won each and race regardless of the vote?

I think they also have a provision in there that says they don't have to release vote totals, though that could be another state's suppression bill too....they all kind of run together.

[hatrack]

7. I think North Dakota is the "we don't have to tell you" state

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[ProfessorGAC]

5. Didn't They Do Something Bad With Dropboxes Too?

I thought it was something like limiting boxes by county. They've got 5 counties with under 3,000 people.
Then, there's Fulton, Cobb & Gwinnett, which have over 2.5 million between them.
Like what Abbott did in Houston.

[Hoyt]

8. Regarding dropboxes, they moved them inside of polling place. Drop boxes

actually were not specifically in the law prior to the pandemic. Election officials made the decision to allow them.

While I would rather use a drive up Dropbox, I’ll probably just mail mine early enough unless polling place employees are taking them outside. As long as Post Office is running properly, every mailbox is a Dropbox.

What most ticks me off about the law is that it perpetuates trump’s lies about the election.

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Agreed!

We have experts saying this was the cleanest election on record.
Yet, they're screeching "Election Integrity"

[hatrack]

6. Yep - water and poll closings are the shiny objects . .

The guts of it is that the GQP legislature can go into any county they want and replace the fucking election board, 'cuz Fuck Teh Libtardz, huhhuhhuh!!!

Can't recommend this post enough.