Opponents point out that the bill was passed out of a subcommittee Feb. 11, a day after Gov. Nathan Deal extended a state of emergency for Fulton and 44 other counties ahead of the ice storm that paralyzed much of Georgia. If HB 891’s six-day advance voting had been in effect, how many voters would have been out of luck?
“This bill would be a giant step backwards for the election process in Georgia,” said Elizabeth Poythress, president of the League of Women Voters. “It is an obvious attempt to limit voting and a clear byproduct of the controversial Supreme Court decision to eliminate prior approval of changes to election laws in Georgia under the Voting Rights Act.” She said the bill amounts to “taking away voting rights of Georgians in the name of money!”
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