By next spring, Georgia voters may need a reason to request an absentee ballot.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Wednesday morning called for lawmakers to get rid of the “no-excuse” absentee ballot that’s been in place in Georgia since 2005 when it was signed into law by Gov. Sonny Perdue, a Republican.
Since November, Raffensperger’s office has been insistent that there’s been no evidence of widespread fraud with absentee ballots.
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