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Since 2021, SB 202 — also known as the Election Integrity Act — has made it illegal in Georgia for anyone to hand a hot or thirsty person a bottle of water while standing in line to vote.
“SB 189 is a step back for voters’ rights and voting access in the state of Georgia,” said ACLU of Georgia Executive Director Andrea Young in a statement.
Two of these election law changes have drawn significant criticism, and the ACLU has threatened to sue if Gov. Brian Kemp signs a bill making it easier to file mass voter challenges.
The Election Integrity Act of 2021, originally known as the Georgia Senate Bill 202, [1] [2] is a law in the U.S. state of Georgia overhauling elections in the state. It replaced signature matching requirements on absentee ballots with voter identification requirements, limits the use of ballot drop boxes, expands in-person early voting, bars officials from sending out unsolicited absentee ...
The committee met on June 24, 2014. The House voted to agree to the conference report on July 30, 2014 with a vote of 420–5 in Roll Call Vote 467. [6] The Senate voted to agree to the conference report on July 31, 2014 with a vote of 91–3 in Roll Call Vote 254. [6] President Barack Obama signed the bill into law on August 7, 2014. [6]
Georgia's Secretary of State, Brian Kemp, the Republican gubernatorial nominee, was the official in charge of determining whether or not voters were allowed to vote in the November 2018 election and has been accused of voter suppression. Minority voters are statistically more likely to have names that contain hyphens, suffixes or other ...
SB 202, an omnibus election bill also known as the "Election Integrity Act of 2021," placed new restrictions on early and absentee voting, imposing stricter ID verification requirements on mail-in ...
Some Republican lawmakers continued to press Wednesday for changes to protect Georgia's voting system from security weaknesses, but a deputy to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger accused them ...