Republican Officials Continue Push To Require Photo IDs For Ga. Absentee Ballots

A federal appeals court says that requiring voters to provide their own stamps for mail-in ballots and ballot applications does not amount to an unconstitutional poll tax. The Friday ruling from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholds a lower court’s ruling.

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After Republicans suffered high-profile losses in Georgia’s presidential and Senate races that featured record numbers of early voters and votes cast by mail, many in the GOP expressed support for new restrictions on absentee voting they said would improve security.

That support has not gone away, leading Republican House Speaker David Ralston to form a Special Committee on Election Integrity when the Legislature resumed earlier this month.