In November’s presidential election and the two Senate runoff races last week, Democratic candidates in Georgia received twice as many absentee votes as Republicans.
That’s led to a call from some in the Georgia GOP to restrict mail-in voting and do away with the “no-excuse” provision. It’s a law that’s been on the books since 2005, when, as Democrat Stacey Abrams notes, it was passed by Republicans.
“As long as it was a guarantee for their victories, it was a completely useful system,” said Abrams. “Now that they’ve realized that the diversity of Georgia means that more people will use that operation, they are deeply concerned about it.”
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