A voting rights watchdog group is attacking Georgia’s new election rules after 48 out-of-precinct provisional ballots cast in the state’s general election were rejected in Gwinnett over paperwork issues.
All Voting is Local highlighted the provisional ballots, which it asserts should have been counted, in a statement the group issued late Tuesday afternoon. The statement came hours after Gwinnett County’s elections board certified the county’s results from the Nov. 8 general election.
But, while the issue happened in Gwinnett, All Voting Is Local is directing all of its criticism at state lawmakers and state officials over Senate Bill 202. The General Assembly passed the bill, and Gov. Brian Kemp signed it into law, last year to reform elections in Georgia.
The reforms were a response to the 2020 election, when President Joe Biden became the…
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