A Georgia state senator says he’s seeking to make it harder for people to challenge the qualifications of individual voters, but opponents warn he’ll only enable more baseless attacks.
Senate Ethics Committee Chairman Max Burns, a Sylvania Republican, told committee members on Tuesday that his proposed rewrite of House Bill 976 would add some standards for county election boards to uphold challenges and remove voters.
“I do think we have an excessive number of challenges,” Burns said. “I think we need to clean up our voter rolls so that people have confidence that those on the voter rolls are legitimate. And I do think we need to clarify what is a sustainable challenge.”
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