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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. Loading the player. 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. ....
Results of Georgia election offers opportunity to lead the ‘New South’ (Editorial) Updated Jan 17, 2021; We so wish that Martin Luther King Jr. could have lived to witness these elections in Georgia! He would have been surprised that Joe Biden carried the state. But we suspect he would have been truly astounded – and delighted – by the Senate election wins of Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock. Pastor Warnock is a senior minister of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, where Dr. King preached. He’s the first Black Georgia senator-elect, and Ossoff is the first Jewish senator-elect. Dr. King was a dreamer, so we will dream, at least for this editorial, that these elections represent a true turning point that will mark a permanent change in the way Georgia and the South are represented politically, socially, culturally and economically – and perhaps even in how Southerners see themselves. ....
COVID-19 is focus on Bidenâs first full day Updated January 21, 2021, 6:33 p.m. Email to a Friend Joe Biden speaks during an event on his administration s Covid-19 response in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 21.Al Drago/Bloomberg President Biden and Vice President Harris were sworn into office Wednesday. Shortly after he was inaugurated, Biden took executive action to reverse or target a number of Trump-era policies on immigration, climate change, and the nationâs COVID-19 response. He is expected to announce a number of additional measures to address the pandemic and economic crisis, as the Senate weighs confirmation of Cabinet and high-level nominees. ....