Georgia Senate voting to end absentee balloting

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Anonymous wrote:F**king disgusting. They're doing this so that the GOP nominee has a fighting chance against Stacey Abrams in the 2022 Gubernatorial race by depressing the minority vote.

How does it depress the minority vote? Are you saying minorities are not smart enough to figure out how to get to the polls with ID?

Georgia already did require ID and still does require ID. Maybe know what you’re talking about before you comment?

Not for mail in

[Anonymous]

Bring a roll of pennies, Person A hand them out
Person B sells water and Pizza for a Penny

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bring a roll of pennies, Person A hand them out
Person B sells water and Pizza for a Penny

You would really be asking for trouble. Giving money to people in line waiting to vote? What could possibly go wrong?

[Anonymous]

Why are people freaking out about the water thing? It's a rule in many states that you cannot provide a thing of value to people outside polling places. And you could also provide water to poll workers to pass out, as long as it isn't labeled with the name of your group or a political slogan.

It’s about electioneering by people looking to advertise that they represent a cause, and who try to influence voters by giving them free stuff. This is a very normal restriction.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why are people freaking out about the water thing? It's a rule in many states that you cannot provide a thing of value to people outside polling places. And you could also provide water to poll workers to pass out, as long as it isn't labeled with the name of your group or a political slogan.

It’s about electioneering by people looking to advertise that they represent a cause, and who try to influence voters by giving them free stuff. This is a very normal restriction.

No. It's about handare out pizza slices to people waiting in hours long lines

[Anonymous]

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On top of making it a crime to give people in line to vote food and water.

WTF

The GOP went way too far.

Can be used as a bribe. Bring your own damn snacks.

Put an equal per capita amount of polling locations in urban areas

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:F**king disgusting. They're doing this so that the GOP nominee has a fighting chance against Stacey Abrams in the 2022 Gubernatorial race by depressing the minority vote.

How does it depress the minority vote? Are you saying minorities are not smart enough to figure out how to get to the polls with ID?

Georgia already did require ID and still does require ID. Maybe know what you’re talking about before you comment?

Not for mail in

Nope. Anyone who requested to vote absentee in the 2020 elections was required to provide their Driver's License ID before receiving their ballot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are people freaking out about the water thing? It's a rule in many states that you cannot provide a thing of value to people outside polling places. And you could also provide water to poll workers to pass out, as long as it isn't labeled with the name of your group or a political slogan.

It’s about electioneering by people looking to advertise that they represent a cause, and who try to influence voters by giving them free stuff. This is a very normal restriction.

No. It's about handare out pizza slices to people waiting in hours long lines

Pizza, water. Same concept and both are prohibited.

[Anonymous]

Then pass a law mandating lines no longer than 30 minutes to vote, nationally.

[Anonymous]

The people freaking out about GA's law are nothing more than Henny Pennys. Seems as if some are upset that it will just be harder to cheat.

Georgia’s new law leaves in place Sunday voting, a point of contention with earlier proposals, given that black churches have a “souls to the polls” tradition after services. The Legislature, rather, decided to expand weekend early voting statewide, by requiring two Saturdays instead of only one under current law. In total, Georgia offers three weeks of early voting, which began last year on Oct. 12. This is not exactly restrictive: Compare that with early voting that started Oct. 24 last year in New York.

The new law also leaves in place no-excuses absentee voting. Every eligible Georgia voter will continue to be allowed to request a mail ballot for the sake of simple convenience—or for no reason at all. Again, this is hardly restrictive: More than a dozen states, including Connecticut and Delaware, require mail voters to give a valid excuse.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/jim-eagle-and-georgias-voting-law-11616799451

And, the title of this thread needs to be changed since there is no "end to absentee balloting."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The people freaking out about GA's law are nothing more than Henny Pennys. Seems as if some are upset that it will just be harder to cheat.

Georgia’s new law leaves in place Sunday voting, a point of contention with earlier proposals, given that black churches have a “souls to the polls” tradition after services. The Legislature, rather, decided to expand weekend early voting statewide, by requiring two Saturdays instead of only one under current law. In total, Georgia offers three weeks of early voting, which began last year on Oct. 12. This is not exactly restrictive: Compare that with early voting that started Oct. 24 last year in New York.

The new law also leaves in place no-excuses absentee voting. Every eligible Georgia voter will continue to be allowed to request a mail ballot for the sake of simple convenience—or for no reason at all. Again, this is hardly restrictive: More than a dozen states, including Connecticut and Delaware, require mail voters to give a valid excuse.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/jim-eagle-and-georgias-voting-law-11616799451

And, the title of this thread needs to be changed since there is no "end to absentee balloting."

What exactly necessitated this law and why is illegal to give people waiting in line food and water?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The people freaking out about GA's law are nothing more than Henny Pennys. Seems as if some are upset that it will just be harder to cheat.

Georgia’s new law leaves in place Sunday voting, a point of contention with earlier proposals, given that black churches have a “souls to the polls” tradition after services. The Legislature, rather, decided to expand weekend early voting statewide, by requiring two Saturdays instead of only one under current law. In total, Georgia offers three weeks of early voting, which began last year on Oct. 12. This is not exactly restrictive: Compare that with early voting that started Oct. 24 last year in New York.

The new law also leaves in place no-excuses absentee voting. Every eligible Georgia voter will continue to be allowed to request a mail ballot for the sake of simple convenience—or for no reason at all. Again, this is hardly restrictive: More than a dozen states, including Connecticut and Delaware, require mail voters to give a valid excuse.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/jim-eagle-and-georgias-voting-law-11616799451

And, the title of this thread needs to be changed since there is no "end to absentee balloting."

They tightened restrictions across the board. Removing drop-off boxes, reducing the number of early voting days, reducing the lag time of USPS pail in ballots when the USPS is a cluster Eff. are all things that limit turnout, or vote collection. Add to it, when there is only one polling place in majority AA communities with just 2 or 1 voting machines, that creates long lines. If the line is more than an hours (and in many cases it can be 5, 6, 8 hours long) and the voters lose their place in line if they get thirty, then that is suppression.

So either ensure that people have shorter line, or else allow people to make sure voters don't pass out trying to vote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The people freaking out about GA's law are nothing more than Henny Pennys. Seems as if some are upset that it will just be harder to cheat.

Georgia’s new law leaves in place Sunday voting, a point of contention with earlier proposals, given that black churches have a “souls to the polls” tradition after services. The Legislature, rather, decided to expand weekend early voting statewide, by requiring two Saturdays instead of only one under current law. In total, Georgia offers three weeks of early voting, which began last year on Oct. 12. This is not exactly restrictive: Compare that with early voting that started Oct. 24 last year in New York.

The new law also leaves in place no-excuses absentee voting. Every eligible Georgia voter will continue to be allowed to request a mail ballot for the sake of simple convenience—or for no reason at all. Again, this is hardly restrictive: More than a dozen states, including Connecticut and Delaware, require mail voters to give a valid excuse.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/jim-eagle-and-georgias-voting-law-11616799451

And, the title of this thread needs to be changed since there is no "end to absentee balloting."

What exactly necessitated this law and why is illegal to give people waiting in line food and water?

Warnock and Ossoff winning and the prospects of Abrams becoming governor is what prompted the law.

All involved with the 2020 election process said it was smooth and accurate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The people freaking out about GA's law are nothing more than Henny Pennys. Seems as if some are upset that it will just be harder to cheat.

Georgia’s new law leaves in place Sunday voting, a point of contention with earlier proposals, given that black churches have a “souls to the polls” tradition after services. The Legislature, rather, decided to expand weekend early voting statewide, by requiring two Saturdays instead of only one under current law. In total, Georgia offers three weeks of early voting, which began last year on Oct. 12. This is not exactly restrictive: Compare that with early voting that started Oct. 24 last year in New York.

The new law also leaves in place no-excuses absentee voting. Every eligible Georgia voter will continue to be allowed to request a mail ballot for the sake of simple convenience—or for no reason at all. Again, this is hardly restrictive: More than a dozen states, including Connecticut and Delaware, require mail voters to give a valid excuse.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/jim-eagle-and-georgias-voting-law-11616799451

And, the title of this thread needs to be changed since there is no "end to absentee balloting."

What exactly necessitated this law and why is illegal to give people waiting in line food and water?

The 2020 election was a mess in GA, in case you hadn't noticed. If the people in GA, and nationally, cannot have faith in the veracity of the vote, there are issues. The same is true in other states that should be scrutinizing their own election laws and procedures.
https://www.georgiapolicy.org/issue/georgias-election-mess/

And, the food and water issue...... electioneering laws. Providing people in line with goods opens up the possibility of campaigning to people in line. It is prohibited.
If people want food or water, they are welcome to bring their own.