Georgia elections bill backs ballot inspections and GBI investigations – By Mark Niesse (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) / March 10, 2022
Omnibus legislation builds on sweeping voting measure passed last year
Georgia Republicans introduced a broad elections bill Wednesday that would enable public ballot inspections, restrict nonprofit funding and empower the GBI to investigate fraud allegations.
The proposals are the next wave of attempts to change election rules following Democrat Joe Biden’s narrow victory in Georgia in 2020 over Republican Donald Trump. Last year, the General Assembly passed an expansive bill that limited drop boxes, required more ID for absentee voting and allowed state takeovers of local election boards.
This year’s legislation focuses more on how the government runs elections than on voter access.
