The provisions shorten deadline for absentee-ballot requests and
submissions and require voters to submit an approved form of ID.
Half a dozen provisions in Georgia's new voting reform bill became law Thursday.
It is now law for absentee voters to write their driver's license number, state ID card number, voter registration number or the last four digits of their Social Security number with their birthdate on ballots.
The provisions shorten the deadline for absentee-ballot requests and submissions and require voters to submit a photocopy of an approved form of identification with the application in the absence of a driver's license or state ID card number.
The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit Friday against Georgia, Georgia's secretary of state and other election officials, alleging many of the same provisions block the right to vote for Georgians based on race.
Kemp pointed out that the new law adds more early voting days, giving voters more flexibility.
The U.S. Supreme Court upheld Arizona's election integrity laws Thursday that ban ballot harvesting and require voters to vote in their assigned precinct.
"In Georgia, it's easy for eligible voters to vote. I call on the U.S. Department of Justice to heed this decision and dismiss their wrong, politically motivated lawsuit against Georgia," Raffensperger said in a statement.
https://justthenews.com/nation/states/absentee-ballot-reform-becomes-policy-georgia
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