Georgia Senate considers repealing no excuse absentee voting in sweeping election bill

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Around the country, Republican-controlled state legislatures are relying on election falsehoods to mount aggressive changes to voting rules. As of February 19, lawmakers in more than 40 states had introduced more than 250 bills that included voting restrictions, according to a tally by the liberal-leaning Brennan Center For Justice at New York University, which is tracking the bills.

Georgia GOP Senate Majority Leader Mike Dugan, the primary sponsor of the bill, said in introducing the legislation in February that limiting absentee voting was necessary in order to reduce the costs of processing ballots, relieve stress on local election workers and increase the certainty that absentee ballots are counted.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/georgia-senate-considers-repealing-no-excuse-absentee-voting-in-sweeping-election-bill/ar-BB1emEvo?li=BB141NW3

[Walleye]

1. What makes them think GOP voters are more determined than we are at this point

I’m hoping these voter suppression laws backfire on them. Especially if we put in a really strong get out the vote effort.They forget how many Democrats stood in line for hours to accomplish this election. They are counting on some sort of inherent laziness by Democrats. I think it’s a false premise. Hope springs eternal

[Iliyah]

2. Do the republicans understand that will be hurting their own . .

voters as well?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

3. Thinking that far ahead is exhausting....

Republicans assume that their voters will go with the flow. They will assume wrong in this case.

[napi21]

4. Soo mthey tjhink this move will prevent Dems voting? HAH!

Absentee voting was way up this time because of the virus. Once the virus threat is gone, presumably by the next election, absentee voting will go back to previous levels. They're missing the ppoint though. They AaLOST, not because of absaentee voting.
They lost becausse the people didn't want them in office any longer.

[Ilsa]

5. The way the GOP swings this to their benefit is

too have too few voting machines (or faulty machines) in Democratic precincts, resulting in long long lines. There are always plenty of working voting machines in GOP areas.

We need election day to be a federal holiday.

[TexasTowelie]

6. The Senate approved the legislation.

https://georgiarecorder.com/2021/03/09/no-excuse-voting-ban-creates-gop-schism-as-georgia-senate-presses-on/