The good guys stand up for democracy against the GOPs overly oppressive attempt to disenfranchise as many voters as possible in Georgia by ending no excuse absentee ballots. You can thank Waffle House for the win. Gov Brian Kemp appointed army veteran and former Waffle House Chairman John Fervier to the election board after a judge retired from it. Fervier cast the deciding vote that broke the split 2-2 Dems to Pubs gridlock. Freedom to vote still faces attacks from the legislature but this could have ended it. https://georgiarecorder.com/2024/02...rvives-a-state-election-board-vote-to-end-it/ The newly appointed chairman of the Georgia State Election Board cast the deciding vote on Tuesday against recommending that state legislators ban no-excuse absentee voting. In a 3-2 vote on Tuesday, the election board struck down the recommendation to no longer allow any Georgia voter to request an absentee ballot after Chairman John Fervier declined the request from a fellow board member that the General Assembly dissolve a rule passed in 2005. Absentee ballots in Georgia have been under increased scrutiny after the State Election Board adopted emergency rules in the 2020 in response to the pandemic’s public health emergency. A record number of Georgians voted by mail-in ballot in the 2020 general election cycle highlighted by the presidential race between Republican Donald Trump and then-Democratic nominee Joe Biden and a pair of U.S. Senate contests. Trump and many of his supporters would blame his loss in 2020 on unfounded accusations of rampant voting fraud while trying to pressure state officials in Georgia to put an end to no-excuse absentee voting.
