Nearly two weeks after Georgia Republicans united to pass a controversial new election law, former President Donald Trump is calling it “watered-down” and “far too weak and soft to ensure real ballot integrity.”
Trump called the law “better than before” but decried that other “safety measures … were sadly left out.” He said the state should have abolished no-excuse absentee voting and eliminated absentee ballot drop boxes, ideas which did not have broad Republican support in the legislature.
A previous statement from Trump had congratulated the General Assembly on the legislation.
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