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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 ...
[359] [360] The bill would mandate automatic and same-day voter registration, require states to offer 15 days of early voting, expand mail-in voting, and place restrictions on voter ID laws and so-called "voter roll purges", among other things. [356] On June 22, 2021, a vote on the bill was held in the senate.
Voter suppression in the United States consists of various legal and illegal efforts to prevent eligible citizens from exercising their right to vote. Such voter suppression efforts vary by state, local government, precinct, and election. Voter suppression has historically been used for racial, economic, gender, age and disability discrimination.
ATLANTA — In the latest public rebuke of Georgia’s controversial 2021 voting law, dozens of Black students and activists marched through the heart of historic Morehouse College on Saturday in ...
Top Georgia elections officials said Democrats’ claims that the state’s new voting law amounts to “voter suppression” are comparable to former President Trump’s allegations that systemic ...
Rep. Jim Clyburn and other Democrats reintroduced legislation to make it easier to cast ballots in the wake of states adopting restrictive laws Democrats propose voting rights bill to counter ...
Fair Fight Action aims to make elections in Georgia and the rest of the U.S. more equitable by advocating for changes in voter registration laws that will increase the number of eligible voters. Their goals are to encourage voter turnout and to ensure that all votes are accurately counted. [8] They also want to make absentee ballots more ...
Across the country, sundry new laws (or soon-to-be laws like Indiana House Bill 1264) threaten to make voting more difficult. Indiana, though, has had strict voter identification laws since 2005.