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Gov. Brian Kemp has signed into law several bills on taxes, time change and teacher retention that the General Assembly passed in the 2021 legislative session.
April 14, 2021 - 4:30pm
By Don Wiener and Alex Kotch
State legislative leaders and members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) are spearheading many of the GOP s efforts at voter suppression in the states, especially those that saw close 2020 presidential results. More than 360 bills have been introduced in 47 states to restrict voting access since the beginning of the year, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, which tracks state legislation on voting and elections.
The Center for Media and Democracy has determined that more than 100 Republican politicians connected to ALEC in just six battleground states are lead sponsors or co-sponsors of those bills.
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Election reform has remained at the center of attention ever since the Georgia General Assembly 2021 session came to a close last week, but while polarizing, the session was also quite productive in the eyes of two of Newton County’s delegates.
Sen. Brian Strickland, R-McDonough, said he was proud to see the final passage of his bills including those on probation reform, a tuition waiver for foster children and a bill that “makes certain that affordable health insurance plans that cover pre-exisiting conditions will always be available for Georgians.”