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Local Election Officials in Georgia Oppose G.O.P. Election Bill
Source: New York Times
ATLANTA A year ago, when Georgia Republicans passed a mammoth law of election measures and voting restrictions, many local election officials felt frustrated and sidelined, as their concerns about resources, ballot access and implementation went largely ignored.
This year, Republicans have returned with a new bill and the election officials are pushing back.
A bipartisan coalition of county-level election administrators the people who carry out the day-to-day work of running elections is speaking out against the latest Republican measure. At a legislative hearing on Monday, they warned that the proposal would create additional burdens on a dwindling force of election workers and that the provisions could lead to more voter intimidation.
Youre going to waste time, and youre going to cause me to lose poll workers, said Joel Natt, a Republican member of the Forsyth County board of elections, referring to a provision in the bill that he said would force workers to count hundreds of blank sheets of paper. I have 400 poll workers that work for our board. That is 400 people that I could see telling me after May, Have a nice life, and its hard enough to keep them right now.
This year, Republicans have returned with a new bill and the election officials are pushing back.
A bipartisan coalition of county-level election administrators the people who carry out the day-to-day work of running elections is speaking out against the latest Republican measure. At a legislative hearing on Monday, they warned that the proposal would create additional burdens on a dwindling force of election workers and that the provisions could lead to more voter intimidation.
Youre going to waste time, and youre going to cause me to lose poll workers, said Joel Natt, a Republican member of the Forsyth County board of elections, referring to a provision in the bill that he said would force workers to count hundreds of blank sheets of paper. I have 400 poll workers that work for our board. That is 400 people that I could see telling me after May, Have a nice life, and its hard enough to keep them right now.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/28/us/politics/georgia-election-bill.html
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Local Election Officials in Georgia Oppose G.O.P. Election Bill (Original Post)
brooklynite
Mar 2022
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SouthernDem4ever
(6,474 posts)1. Time for Georgia to purge republicans from the state house
Will they ever learn?
ga_girl
(182 posts)2. During poll manager training
The instructor mentioned that the election headquarters staff was very overworked and leaving the job. They've also eliminated a position at the precincts, reducing their overall staffing needs. It's going to be an "interesting" election cycle.