Your voting rights are on the line
The Georgia State Senate passed House Bill 397, an omnibus voting and election bill on Wednesday, April 2nd which restricts voters rights and access in addition to adding burdensome rules on local officials. These provisions will hurt the security and fairness of our elections.
HB 397 now goes back to the Georgia State House of Representatives for a vote. Here are some of the most concerning provisions:
- It would remove Georgia from ERIC, the Electronic Registration Information Center, which is a secure, state of the art, and efficient system for sharing data.
- It prevents counties from allowing voters to hand-deliver absentee ballots the weekend before Election Day, which is an obvious GOP voter suppression tactic.
- It grants the SEB greater authority and codifies the rules they illegally tried to pass last fall that would add confusion and greatly burden election staff.
- It also allows municipalities to opt out providing Saturday voting so long as there isn’t a statewide or countywide election at the same time.
Please call or email your local State Representative. You can find their contact information here.
Sine Die is Friday April 4, 2025 so please act soon.