Political Director Christopher Bruce to Testify at Senate Subcommittee Hearings
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 16, 2021
Media contact: Ana Maria Rosato [email protected]
Quote
“These anti-voter bills create significant barriers for Georgia citizens to exercise their sacred, fundamental right to vote, especially citizens who are elderly, rural, low income, and/or disabled. Instead of celebrating the historic turnout we saw during the November election cycle, some Georgia legislators have decided to create barriers for Georgia citizens who vote- these bills are dangerous and unnecessary, because they fail to solve any problems and instead will hurt voters,” said Christopher Bruce, political director of the ACLU of Georgia. “We encourage the Georgia General Assembly to stop their efforts to make voting harder and instead to focus on protecting and expanding every Georgia citizen’s sacred, fundamental right to vote.”
What
Public Hearing: Senate Committee on Ethics, Subcommittee A and Subcommittee B
When
Wednesday, February 17, 2021, at 7:00AM
Where
Subcommittee A:
State Capitol Building, Mezzanine 1 (SB 67, SB 71)
206 Washington St., S.W., Atlanta, GA 30334
Subcommittee B:
307 Coverdell Legislative Office Building (SB 93)
18 Capitol Square SW, Atlanta, GA 30334
Bills
SB 67: Adds a photo identification requirement to absentee ballot applications.
SB 71: Eliminates no-excuse absentee-by-mail voting
SB 93: Effectively bans the use of mobile voting units/polling facilities.
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