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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 Georgia State Senate is the upper house of the Georgia General Assembly, with the lower house being the Georgia House of Representatives. Both bodies are constitutionally required to convene annually at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta. [1] The General Assembly begins each yearly session on the second Monday in January. [1]
2024 Legislative session: Georgia Senate passes school voucher bill promising $6,500 per student for tuition. ... Dec. 15 - Student application period dates will be announced.
The strong showing in Georgia by Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1956 presidential race proved to be a turning point. Georgia would remain competitive at the national level for most of the rest of the 20th century. the Republican Party appeared positioned to gain even more ground in the coming years.
Legislators in the Georgia Senate commemorated National Freedom Day hours before approving a bill to add 30 additional felony and misdemeanor crimes to the list of bail-restricted offenses ...
Spurred by electoral fraud claims in the state’s 2018 and 2020 elections, the provision in question was enacted as part of Georgia Senate Bill 202 (SB 202), an omnibus package of elections ...
The Senate held a vote to waive the Senate rules on reconsideration, but the vote lost in the final hours of the session, effectively killing the bill for 2018. [7] Cowsert's law partner, M. Steven Heath, is currently defending a small church in a current Georgia case of child sex abuse concealment.
SB 358 passed in the Georgia Senate on Friday. If signed into law, the bill could interfere with the Secretary of State’s ability to certify elections. ... Monday, April 6, 2020. A state Senate ...