Republicans claimed victory after more than a year of Democrats and others said voting was restricted under the new Peach law, but voting activists are enduring for voters to count votes. This year, the surge does not show the big picture of disability.
“The incredible turnout we saw shows only once that Georgia’s election integrity law balanced between access and security guardrails,” Lafence Purger said. He said in a statement announcing the number of votes.
SB 202 adds new voter identification requirements for absentee ballots, empowers state authorities to take over the local election commission, limits the use of ballot drop boxes, and lines to give voters food and water. I made it a crime to line up in.
Activists say it was their job that brought about the so-called success. Several state-wide voting organizations, such as Black Voter Matter and LWV, have educated voters about the new rules. This work includes setting up a hotline to start a grassroots education network and hosting a weekend turnout event.
“The high turnout indicates that this message was heard by voters,” Susanna Scott, chairman of the Georgia branch of the Women’s Voter Federation, told CNN on Monday.
Whether the number of voters who have opted to vote by mail this time and the surge in early voting will be balanced is a topic for the future. The Georgia Election Commissioner will not start counting mail ballots until 7 am on the election day. Voters will need to revise their ballots up to three days later so that they can fix and count ballot issues.
“Now, the bigger question is this. How many people have decided not to move from mail voting to early voting?
Some voting groups say early voting counts indicate that voters are taking a safer route to ballot.
“In my sense, voters are uncertain about how voting law updates will affect them, and to give them time to fix problems that may occur while they still have time to do so. I chose to vote early, “Scott said.
Some voters believe that repression is more perceived in rural areas such as Griffin, Georgia, an hour south of Atlanta. Voter intimidation is more frequent there, said town lawyer Dexter Winbish.
“I don’t think the fact that there are two good candidates like Stacey (Abrams) and Senator Warnock is a plus, but we can’t mitigate the protracted efforts of the people on the other side. Limit the ability of those to vote without. ”
One new rule does not allow people to give voters waiting in line for food or water. Paul Glaze, communications manager for the New Georgia project, said the rules could stumble some voters as rain is expected and people may want to hand out ponchos.
“Votes are confused about whether it is illegal to give out ponchos and the like,” Grays said. “Long lines are expected in some places, up to two hours on Friday.”
The group has a hotline for reporting problems.
SimonePathe contributed to this report.
Source: www.cnn.com
