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After a relatively slow start, it’s open season for voting law changes in the Georgia state legislature. Lawmakers have been holding near-daily hearings on voting proposals over the past week, as Republicans follow up on months of promises to change election law based on some of their constituents’ belief in unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud. Democrats have been fighting them at every turn, but as they remain in the minority, it’s likely Republicans will be able to pass some of these proposals into law.
Comprehensive voting bills from the Republican leadership are currently making their way through both chambers of the General Assembly, and lawmakers from both parties have filed more than 75 separate pieces of voting-related legislation.
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