Organizations react to GA Senate passing of bill eliminating no excuse absentee policy
The move by the Georgia General Assembly to end no-excuse absentee balloting has polarized voters.
The bill puts restrictions on who is allowed to request an absentee ballot. Only poll workers, people out of town on election day, those 65 and older, people with physical disabilities, or those observing a religious holiday would be allowed to request one.
Republicans in support of the bill say this, as well as other bills, will help restore confidence in Georgia s elections.
This is not preventing anyone from voting by mail-in absentee. All this is doing is creating a groundwork to help relieve some of the stresses that we see in the future as we continue to grow, said Senator Mike Dugan, the state Senate Majority Leader.
They would have never gotten past the reflection pond.’ Author: Hope Ford Updated: 9:30 PM MST January 6, 2021
ATLANTA As the siege on the U.S. Capitol unfolded Wednesday, a very real conversation took off on social media, among activists, and among people of color.
The suggestion from many: if the people who stormed the Capitol were part of a minority group, the response from authorities may have been different.
“I just thought back to all the protests I’ve been in, in the Black Lives Matter era - particularly in Atlanta and Louisville - and the response is nothing like we’re seeing at the capitol,” said Attorney Gerald Griggs.