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New Georgia election law. The good, bad, and the ugly. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed an election reform measure. Senate Bill 189, which updates the earlier SB 202, the Election Integrity Act of 2021.
The good. Removes the Secretary of State from the State Election Board and bars local election officials, elections board and Secretary of State employees from securing state contracts specific to voting equipment. It also sets deadlines for submitting absentee ballots, establishes additional ballot chain of custody rules. The expansion of the ability to challenge and potentially remove ineligible voters from the voter rolls.
The bad. Some of the features don’t start till 2025 and 2026.
The ugly. The ACLU of Georgia said it planned a legal challenge. Plus the same old Secretary of State is going to oversee this.
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