Breaking News: Georgia will mail absentee ballot forms to all voters for May primary

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Georgia will mail absentee ballot forms to all voters for May primary
POLITICS 31 minutes ago
By Mark Niesse, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Tuesday that all of Georgia’s 6.9 million active voters will be mailed absentee ballot request forms for the May 19 primary, a major push to encourage voting by mail during the coronavirus pandemic.

The absentee voting effort will allow Georgians to decide on their choices for president and other elected offices from home, without having to visit in-person voting locations where the coronavirus could more easily spread. Early voting and election day precincts will remain open.

A large number of people voting by mail would be a significant change in the way elections are run in Georgia. While the state has allowed any voter to cast their ballot by mail since 2005, just 7% of voters did so in the 2018 election for governor.

The state’s vote-by-mail initiative follows an agreement by Raffensperger, a Republican, and the Democratic Party of Georgia to delay the previously scheduled March 24 presidential primary because of the coronavirus. The presidential primary will now be held May 19, along with races for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, the Georgia General Assembly and local offices.

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I already early voted in the Georgia Democratic Presidential primary, which was the only race on the ballot.

Prior to this latest announcement, but after the postponement of the March 24 primary, I heard a radio interview with the GOP Secretary of State about exactly how people who’ve already voted, will be able to vote in the additional races on the May ballot.

I hope my vote won’t be lost or trashed by the new voting machines and software. I don’t trust Kemp and Raffensperger. Hopefully, Stacey Abrams’ voting rights organization will be monitoring the situation.