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(07-20-2021, 07:29 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Not really, on either.  Both Georgia and Texas' proposed voting law amendments are only to insure integrity to the elections, at a level of security less than some Blue States.  So, are you really putting facts out there, or are you parroting "talking points"?

You seem to think that "putting facts out there" is incompatible with Dem "talking points." Whereas my point would be that Dem talking points are fact based when it comes to issues of election integrity--it's the GOP's that are not.

Let's start here:

Is it a "fact" that GOP allegations of Dem fraud in Georgia have all proven baseless? 
https://factcheck.afp.com/georgia-video-ballots-suitcases-does-not-show-election-fraud

Is Trump's attempt to manipulate the Georgia vote via telephone a parroted "talking point" or a "fact"? 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIJU3M-kKhI

If it is a "fact," then the only thing which prevented that manipulation was one courageous GOP secretary of state.

And if that is the case, then how will Georgia's Election Integrity Act of 2021 (SB 202) fix that problem?

The answer is, it won't. Rather it will remove the Secretary of State's control of certification and election challenges, and give it
to a Republican dominated board, and ultimately the GOP dominated legislature--the same people who keep alleging baseless fraud.
https://www.vox.com/22352112/georgia-voting-sb-202-explained

The most significant provisions in SB 202 don’t create new election rules, exactly. Instead, they change who gets to determine how those rules are implemented — handing significant power to the Republicans who control the state legislature, called the General Assembly.. . . 

Under current law, key issues in election management — including decisions on disqualifying ballots and voter eligibility — are made by county boards of election. The new law allows the State Board of Elections to determine that these county boards are performing poorly, replacing the entire board with an administrator chosen at the state level.

At the same time, the bill enhances the General Assembly’s control over the state board.
It removes Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican who famously stood up to Trump’s attempts to overturn the election results in Georgia, from his role as both chair and voting member of the board. The new chair would be appointed by the legislature, which already appoints two members of the five-person board — meaning that a full majority of the board will now be appointed by the Republican-dominated body.

To simplify: The state board, which now will be fully controlled by the Republican legislative majority, is unilaterally empowered to take over (among other things) the process of disqualifying ballots across the state. Given that Georgia Republicans have helped promote false allegations of voter fraud, it’s easy to see why handing them so much power over local election authorities is so worrying.

The greatest area of concern here for Democrats is Fulton County, home to Atlanta and a disproportionate number of Black voters. Republicans have baselessly alleged that this Democratic bastion was a major site of fraud, citing (among other things) a purported video of ballot-stuffing in the county. Though official investigations, court cases, and independent fact-checks found no evidence of such fraud — in the video or otherwise — the myth that it happened persists.

The new bill would allow Republicans to seize control of how elections are administered in Fulton County and other heavily Democratic areas, disqualifying voters and ballots as they see fit.
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Now people who are angry that Raffensberger stood his ground against Trump will get to decide which votes count.

And voter ID laws will not protect voters against GOP control baked into law.