Many questions have arisen, and comments have been made, about Georgia’s new voting restrictions law.
Republican state legislators who wrote, passed, and signed the bill into law (Republican Governor Brian Kemp was formerly Secretary of State when he campaigned for the Governor’s office… and as a state official, oversaw his own election… nope, no conflict of interest there, eh?) continue to claim that the “integrity” and “security” of the voting systems in Georgia should be strengthened – as if they were insecure to begin with.
They were not.
The essence of what has happened, as many have observed and stated, is that since Republicans lost in the national election for President, and in the Senate election, they’re changing the rules in order to make it easier for them to win next time.
There was NO fraud, NO irregularities, NO insecurity in the Georgia election, nor in any election in the nation. Period.
So, here for your perusal, is the word-for-word reading of the law, including a screenshot of the law as passed, and Read the rest of this entry »