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Georgia governor signs bill overhauling state’s elections

March 26, 2021

Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed sweeping voting restrictions into law on Thursday, just months after a Democrat won the presidential election in the state for the first time in nearly 30 years.

“Significant reforms to our state elections were needed,” Kemp said after signing SB 202, which passed along party lines. “There’s no doubt there were many alarming issues with how the election was handled, and those problems, understandably, led to a crisis of confidence in the ballot box here in Georgia.”

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and Courthouse News Service have coverage.

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