These states are about to make it a lot harder to vote by mail

[turbinetree]

By Emily Singer -February 17, 2021 12:00 PM

Efforts to suppress the vote after Donald Trump's loss are racing through GOP-run state legislatures.

Bills that would make it harder to vote by mail have advanced in state legislatures in Georgia and Florida, bringing GOP efforts to suppress the vote in response to Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 presidential election closer to fruition.

In Georgia, a bill that sets strict limits on who can vote by mail cleared a state Senate subcommittee on Wednesday, bringing it one step closer to passage.

If the bill becomes law, as is likely in the Republican-controlled legislature, only people over the age of 75, those with disabilities, and people who are out of town would be able to vote by mail. That would mark a major change for Georgia, which has had no-excuse absentee voting since 2005, when it was introduced by a Republican-led Legislature under Republican Gov. Sonny Perdue.

Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.

https://americanindependent.com/florida-georgia-gop-voting-by-mail-absentee-suppression-donald-trump-2020-election/

Time to do two things pass a new voters rights act that has been sitting on that traitors former leader desk, #Moscow Mitch and remove the filibuster in the senate so that it can pass..............

[LizBeth]

1. Oregon. Three decades. Before trump, mail in was considered the most secure and righteous.

[hlthe2b]

2. Not if Marc Elias and colleagues have their way (good group to $$ support)

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