Election Integrity Activist Says Georgia’s New Voting Law Is Unnecessary
An election integrity activist says Georgia’s new voting law is unnecessary and makes it hard to vote and easy to cheat.
“Every word of it needs to go away,” said Marilyn Marks, who serves as the vice president and executive director for The Coalition for Good Governance, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to ensure that elections are transparent and evidence-based.
Marks, a guest on Thursday’s edition of “Closer Look,” told show host Rose Scott that states across the country had an opportunity after the November presidential election to make voting more secure. But she says, states, including Georgia, blew it by introducing restrictive voting bills.
“What Georgia has just done has gone from a very high standard where there is no fraud that anybody knows about and flipping that on its head to inviting fraud,” said Marks.
During the virtual conversation, Marks spoke candidly against the Republican-backed legislation and explained why she feels it disenfranchises voters and increases the chances of stolen identity.
“They are getting rid of the only way to authenticate absentee ballots, and that is your individual signature,” said Marks. “So all you’ll be putting on your absentee application and envelope is just a driver’s license number or a state ID number. Not any real authentication.”
Marks said the nearly 100-page law is filled with problems and needs to be continually challenged.
“So I think we are going to see the courts dealing with this for years to come. And I think this will help the public understand just what the Legislature did to the voting rights in Georgia,” said Marks.
To listen to the full conversation, click the link above.
Correction: A previous version of this story incorrectly identified Marilyn Marks as being Atlanta-based.
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