Tuesday morning at 7am-BOTH subcommittees of the Senate Ethics committee are meeting at the same time to talk about proposed bills. So no one can watch all of the proposals to strip Georgians of their voting rights.

The first bill is GA SB 67, requiring a photo ID for absentee ballots, which can be met by providing a DL or state ID #. While less onerous than photocopies, it is still a solution for a non-existent problem. Identity fraud is vanishingly rare.

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59216

SB 71 eliminates no-excuse absentee mail balloting, which GA has had for 15 years. This contributes nothing to election “integrity” and eliminates one easy way for voters to access their ballot. One of the clearest efforts to suppress votes on the docket.
https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59224

SB 89 appoints an chief elections assistance officer and authorizes the SOS to fire election supervisors whose performance they disagree with-usurping county authority (but maybe finally the SOS would take responsibility?)
https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59310

Finally SB 93, severely limiting use of mobile polling places. Again there is zero “integrity” excuse for this-this is merely a transparent attempt to eliminate a method of making voting more available and accessible to voters who may be challenged. https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59325

As a reminder, this is the schedule Fulton followed, providing early voting opportunities to various communities that otherwise wouldn’t have it.

Staff, machines are the same. The problem? Voting is too accessible-ESPECIALLY in Black communities.

https://www.fultoncountyga.gov/services/voting-and-elections/voting-mobile-unit