Georgia state GOP senators drop multiple bills that could make it harder to vote

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Source: The Hill

Republican state senators in Georgia filed a series of bills on Monday, several of which could make it more difficult to vote in the state.'

The proposals come after Democrats succeeded in flipping the state blue in last month's pivotal U.S. Senate runoffs and during the November presidential race.

State Republicans introduced eight pieces of legislation Monday, according to Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB). The majority of those pieces would directly impact how voting and voter registration is carried out in the state, which saw record turnout among voters during the Senate runoffs and the presidential election.

Senate Bill 71, which is among those bills, seeks to place further restrictions on who can vote by absentee. The bill includes a number requirements a voter would have to meet to be able to cast a ballot by mail, including being "absent from his or her precinct during the time of the primary," having a physical disability that would prevent them from being able to go to the polls or being at least 75 years of age.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/georgia-state-gop-senators-drop-multiple-bills-that-could-make-it-harder-to-vote/ar-BB1dkDVl?li=BBnbfcQ

[judesedit]

1. What do you mean by drop? They changed their minds or initiated the bills?

[NurseJackie]

4. More horrible ambiguous headlines from the Hill.

It's hard tell if "drop" means "abandoned" them ... or if it means that the "presented" them.

[SharonClark]

5. "Filed" Confusing headline in the article.

[lastlib]

8. Dropped into the "To Be Considered" box......

Why would we expect the QGOP to give up on suppressing votes? They want to go back to 1776, when only rich WHITE guys had any say in anything.

QGOPhers gotta QGOPher.......... - - -

[LiberalFighter]

2. There needs to be federal legislation with minimum requirements.

AND challenge the constitutionality in the court.

[still_one]

3. It will have to be through legislation, because the Supreme Court took provisions out of the

voting rights act which allowed them to pull this kind of abuse


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelby_County_v._Holder#:~:text=The%20Supreme%20Court%20struck%20down,its%20June%2025%2C%202013%20ruling.&text=The%20Court%20declared%20that%20the,power%20to%20enforce%20that%20command.

[mysteryowl]

6. HR1 and the John Lewis bill MUST be the second large piece of legislation the dems push through!

We must secure our democracy.

[Flaleftist]

7. Of course, they did.

[badboy67]

9. When people vote, Republicans lose.

[rpannier]

10. SLBs from Georgia

Sore Loser Bills