After months of debate, two Republican-backed sweeping voting law change proposals are poised for votes by the full state House and Senate. The bill before the House, SB 202, is scheduled for a vote Thursday.
The two bills have been amended over time to exclude the most controversial voting restriction measures previously proposed, including a plan to eliminate Georgia’s no-excuse absentee voting process and limits on weekend early voting. In fact, the new proposals expand early voting.
Some other similarities between the dueling proposals, SB 202 and HB 531, include a new photo identification requirement for absentee ballots to replace the signature match process, which caught national scrutiny after the 2020 election. The two bills also share a requirement for counties to continue counting votes until they are finished and a new hotline for election problems operated by the attorney general.
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