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The passage of SB 189 and its provisions relating to voter challenges follow a troubling trend of lowering obstacles to mass voter challenges and emboldening right-wing activists who seek to overburden elections offices and prevent Georgia voters from having fair access to the ballot. This harmful bill also requires all advance and absentee ballots to be counted within a single hour of polls closing on election day.听

鈥淓lection officials already carry the huge civic responsibility of safeguarding our ballots and ensuring that every vote is counted,鈥� said听Courtney O鈥橠onnell, senior staff attorney for voting rights with the 澳彩开奖.听鈥淣ow, Gov. Kemp has further burdened them by enacting an election law that is responsive to baseless conspiracy theories.鈥澨�

鈥淪B 189 green lights unsubstantiated voter challenges and creates further confusion for election administrators in resolving voter challenges,鈥澨�continued O鈥橠onnell. 鈥淔urthermore, it targets unhoused voters by making them more susceptible to voter challenges and requiring them to make the county registrar鈥檚 office their mailing address."听

鈥淭he passage of SB 189 represents a significant setback in the fight for equitable and accessible elections in Georgia and a stark reminder that our fight for voting rights is far from over,鈥澨�concluded O鈥橠onnell.听

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