Georgia election bill replaced in late-night maneuver, an attempt to change voting laws
(Atlanta Journal-Constitution) Late at night in the Georgia House last week, representatives pushed through a hastily rewritten elections bill with little notice, less debate and no hint of its significance.
This short bill is called a “vehicle” — a piece of legislation that can be amended to include very different election proposals, some of which never received a hearing or committee vote.
House Bill 397, which passed the House and awaits action in the Senate, creates a process to remove members of the State Election Board.
But Republicans might alter it to include ideas that did not survive last week’s deadline for bills to clear at least one legislative chamber, such as prohibiting voters from turning in their absentee ballots in-person the weekend before Election Day, banning last-minute election rules and a plan to withdraw Georgia from a national voter registration accuracy organization.
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