Georgia Senate passes election bill after heated debate
- Georgia's Senate passed House Bill 397 with a vote of 33-23, leading to significant debate between Republicans and Democrats regarding the bill's intent and impact on voting rights.
- The bill requires the Secretary of State to stop sharing voter rolls with the nonprofit Electronic Registration Information Center, known as ERIC.
- Senator Randal Mangham argued that the bill would suppress the vote, stating it 'does not benefit the least, the lost or the left out.'
- U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi stated that the Justice Department dismissed a lawsuit claiming voter suppression was 'false.
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Georgia Senate GOP muscles through election overhaul to allow hand-marked paper ballots
A pair of election bills the Georgia Senate passed Wednesday propose new State Election Board powers, remove Georgia from multi-state voter rolls sharing databases and allow voters to request hand-marked paper ballots. The Senate voted along party lines Wednesday for…

Senate Republicans approve big changes to Georgia election law
ATLANTA — Georgia's Senate Republicans passed multiple changes to state election law Wednesday after rushing amendments into a bill from the House of Representatives.
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