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Bill to shorten Atlanta voting hours advances in Ga. HouseBy Mark Niesse Posted: 12:27 p.m. Thursday, March 08, 2018
Voters in Atlanta would have one less hour to cast their ballots under a bill that cleared a subcommittee Thursday.
The legislation, Senate Bill 363, would force the city of Atlanta to close its polls at 7 p.m. like the rest of the state. Currently, Atlanta is allowed to keep precincts open until 8 p.m. under a state law passed in the 1970s.
The bill was filed by Republican Sen. Matt Brass after Democratic Sen. Jen Jordan won a special election in December to represent a district that covers parts of Atlanta and Cobb County. Voting in Cobb County ended at 7 p.m.
All the people in the city of Atlanta have a one-hour advantage on the rest of the state, said Brass, R-Newnan. Were trying to get a little more uniformity.
Opponents of the bill said it would limit voting options for residents fighting through Atlanta traffic after long work days.
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Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)in the rest of the state instead?
justhanginon
(3,290 posts)against republican religion of killing democracy a little at a a time.
sinkingfeeling
(51,454 posts)machines in the precincts with minority voters.
maxsolomon
(33,327 posts)With no Postage Required. Polling hours become irrelevant.
What's the GOP argument against that?
alarimer
(16,245 posts)They aren't even hiding their attempts to steal elections anymore.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Republicans are a party of criminals.
Awsi Dooger
(14,565 posts)Not as sexy as fraud and without the outrage but it undoubtedly changes the final tally to greater degree.
This will happen in more and more pivotal big cities, where available. It's the reason I don't get too excited about states like Texas flipping.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Then everyone can go to the polls and fuck over the fucking rethuglicans. And if Atlanta won't do that, then there needs to be a general strike on that day so that everyone can go vote anyway.