Voting in Georgia two years from now will look different for several reasons. For one, the state and the rest of the country hopefully will be on the other side of a global pandemic and not in the middle of one.
Also, if Georgia Republicans have their way, a number of election reform bills will be passed this year that will change the way thousands of voters in the state cast their ballots in local, state, gubernatorial and presidential elections.
Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has said the 2020 election was one of the smoothest in state history.
Several bills are on the table more than halfway through this year’s legislative session. Some will be killed, some may be amended and some will pass. Here’s an overview of what has been introduced, changed and what is likely to pass, as well as how Northwest Georgia’s elected officials feel about the changes.
At the beginning of the session, Georgia state Sen. Jeff Mullis, R-Chickamauga, had co-sponsored a handful of election reform bills that he and his Republican colleagues said were aimed at securing the state’s election process.