Breaking down claims about Georgia's election law: What's true and what's not?

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Powerful entities on both sides of the political aisle have presented the law in ways that are at times inaccurate -- so what's actually in the law versus what's said about it?

code into law, Democrats have equated it with"Jim Crow" laws while Republicans have claimed it actually expands voter access in the state.

This law did not change how long polling precincts are open on Election Day; all are open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. statewide. It also did not shorten mandatory voting hours for the early voting period, which starts four Mondays before primary and general elections and lasts until the Friday before the election.

Excluding the presidential race, every candidate running for office in Georgia must get a majority of the vote to avoid a runoff election. Before this new law passed, the period between a primary or general election and runoff was nine weeks. Now, it will be just four weeks, and there are no mandatory weekend days of early voting before runoffs.

But under the new law, voters now must have some form of identification to vote by mail and for most, that identification will either be a driver's license or state ID card, which is a photo ID. Republicans argue this is a more"objective" way to verify a voter's identity than the"subjective" signature matching process, which Trump repeatedly targeted while spreading election disinformation.

While it was not an issue on Nov. 3, long lines are a familiar occurrence for Georgia voters, most significantly in the Atlanta metro area. For the

 

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So you are finally.... going to say that Biden was lying? Nice of you to get on the correct side of the truth ABC, but it is interesting that you waited so long. Disgusting, political garbage ABC.

Like ABC can really be trusted to tell the truth? Come on man!

A heavily bias media like you is unreliable when it comes to presenting facts.

Instead of trying to prevent people from voting why not work harder at attracting people to your ideology and policies. That's the thing with politicians they only really speak to the ones they know they have. For instance, when did Trump actually speak to the nation as a whole?

ABC, you are part of the problem and not the solution.

Powerful journalists as well

who are these people without a social security number that are voting?

Buried at the end: “Under the new law, the Republican-majority General Assembly does gain new powers over elections. By a simple majority vote, the legislature elects three -- a change from two -- of the State Election Board's five voting members.”

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The law was based on a lie of voter fraud. Anything after that is irrelevant.

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