{"id":169226,"date":"2021-02-24T15:01:55","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T20:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=169226"},"modified":"2021-02-24T17:29:02","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T22:29:02","slug":"ga-state-senate-votes-35-18-to-mandate-voter-id-for-mail-in-ballots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-state-senate-votes-35-18-to-mandate-voter-id-for-mail-in-ballots\/","title":{"rendered":"Ga. State Senate votes 35-18 to mandate voter ID for mail-in ballots"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fga-state-senate-votes-35-18-to-mandate-voter-id-for-mail-in-ballots%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=169226&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2378002\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2378002\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2378002 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1294899284-655x437.jpg\" alt=\"ATLANTA, GEORGIA - JANUARY 06: The Georgia State Capitol is seen on January 06, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Rev. Raphael Warnock defeated incumbent Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) in the January 5th run-off Senate election. The race between Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Jon Ossoff and Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) has yet to be called. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2378002\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ATLANTA, GEORGIA \u2013 JANUARY 06: The Georgia State Capitol is seen on January 06, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 2:25 PM PT \u2013 Wednesday, February 24, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The Georgia State Senate passed an important measure to prevent voting fraud with absentee ballots. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.ga.gov\/legislation\/59216\">bill<\/a> was sent to the state House for consideration after it passed the state Senate in a 35-to-18 vote Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The measure seeks to require Georgia\u2019s voters to submit a valid photo ID in order to cast an absentee ballot in the state. The acceptable forms of ID include a driver\u2019s license, a state ID card or any approved federal forms of identification.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia Democrats opposed the bill and alleged so-called \u201cvoter suppression.\u201d Critics argued the measure would make it difficult for low-wage earners to obtain a license. Sponsors of the bill, however, cited current Georgia law that bars the state from profiting off of voter IDs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain this is just a common-sense measure to adjust our current process for requesting an absentee ballot \u2014 not casting the ballot \u2014 to reflect the web portal that works so well. And to get the Board of Elections people out of the middle of verifying elections when they received over a million absentee ballots,\u201d state Sen. Larry Walker III (R-Perry) said. \u201cSo it\u2019s an efficiency measure and a security measure. This is not about disenfranchising anybody.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Proponents said the bill is simply a way to keep current mail-in-ballot voting laws consistent as Georgia voters are required to show a government-issued license at the polls. The changes came as the state saw a 20 percent increase in absentee ballots during the 2020 election season as a result of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the state Senate weighed three other election bills that proponents said will restore voter confidence. The bills include measures that would shorten the window for absentee voting and require voters to explain why they are requesting an absentee ballot.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/pence-touts-meeting-with-gop-lawmakers-future-of-the-party\/\">Pence Touts Meeting With GOP Lawmakers, Future Of The Party<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274158,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1294899284-655x437.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Ga. 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