Proposals to restrict voting gain traction in Republican states

[DonViejo]

BY ADAM BREWSTER AND CAITLIN HUEY-BURNS

FEBRUARY 25, 2021 / 8:32 AM / CBS NEWS

After a record turnout election that delivered Democrats the presidency and the Senate, Republican lawmakers in Georgia introduced legislation this week that critics say threatens to diminish the number of voters participating in the state's next elections.

A bill introduced in the state Senate on Tuesday would severely limit who would be able to vote by mail — Georgia has had no-excuse absentee voting since 2005, when it was passed by a Republican legislature. Mail-in voters would need to submit identification information to request a ballot, and returning a ballot would require most voters to provide a witness signature and a copy of a photo ID. If passed, Georgia would become one of the hardest states in which to vote by mail.

In 2020, Joe Biden became the first Democrat since Bill Clinton won Georgia in 1992 to win the state, and in January, Georgia's pair of runoff Senate elections handed control of the Senate to Democrats. A record 5 million Georgia voters voted in the presidential election, including 1.3 million by mail, according to the U.S. Elections Project. The January Senate runoffs also set records, with over 4.4 million voters, including more than 1 million by mail. Georgia had two recounts and a signature audit following the general election and found no evidence of widespread voter fraud.

Should Georgia's new voting bills become law, the voters most likely to be affected are the Black and minority voters who helped Democrats to victory.

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[ananda]

1. We knew this would happen.

Can we take them to court?