Georgia voters could get a chance to limit state lawmakers to 12 years per chamber and extend state senators' terms to four years from two under a constitutional amendment advancing in the Senate. The Senate Government Oversight Committee voted to approve Senate Resolution 37, sending it to the full Senate for more
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Caption State Sen. Burt Jones poses with Mike Pence in Washington, D.C., the night of Jan. 5, 2021. Credit: Burt Jones / Twitter
While they may not have stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, a group of Republican state senators in Georgia took extraordinary measures of their own to overturn the November presidential results in recent weeks, despite no evidence of widespread fraud or misconduct. A review by the Georgia News Lab and GPB News finds most have largely avoided consequences for their actions.
Many in the group supported lawsuits challenging the results of Georgia’s presidential election, including a Texas Supreme court case that sought to nullify the results of four states. Others signed onto a report claiming the results of Georgia’s election were “untrustworthy.” Some called for a special session of the General Assembly aimed at picking electors for then-President Donald Trump. And several drafted a letter intended for then-Vic
Proposed bill to require two copies of photo ID to vote absentee in Georgia
State Sen. Jason Anavitarte introduced the bill as the first major proposal to limit absentee voting in the southern state.
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Politicians have proposed adding measures to submitting an absentee ballot in Georgia following two major elections won by Democratic candidates.
Jason Anavitarte introduced Senate Bill 29 which would require residents to provide two separate photo identifications, both when applying for absentee ballots, and when returning them.
The move is being critiqued by Fair Fight, a voting rights group, who claimed Republican politicians are only attempting to sway elections in their favor after losing the 2020 presidential election in the Peach State, and the subsequent runoff elections in January.
Dick Yarbrough: Can Trump supporters identify the real enemy Dick Yarbrough
Democrat Joe Biden is now President of the United States. Two Democrats defeated two Republican incumbents to represent Georgia in the U. S. Senate, swinging the balance of power in the Senate to the Democrats who already control the House of Representatives.
Therefore, you would think Georgia Republicans have figured out by now who the enemy is. Chances are you would have thought wrong.
To quote the sage of the Okefenokee Swamp, Pogo the Possum, “We have met the enemy and he is us.” It seems that once again Republicans are showing their penchant for eating their dead.