New sweeping voting laws in Georgia and other states were largely not necessary, according to David Becker with the bipartisan Center for Election Innovation and Research.
The laws have drawn condemnation from President Joe Biden down to state Democratic leaders who say the legislation is in direct response to false claims of voter fraud. Becker agrees.
“Much of the election reform that’s being considered right now is based on a fantasy, a lie, a big lie, that there was something wrong with how elections were run in 2020.”
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