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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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.

[quote]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.[/quote]

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."  [/quote]

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.[/quote]
The fascists here will be ignoring your post, as it is full of facts and proof that this isn’t about “making elections safer,” but about preventing Democrats from voting.[/quote]

Here we have the "fascist" poster again.  Lady - you don't know the meaning of the word.  [/quote]

Why can't y'all make it easier to vote?[/quote]

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