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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TUESDAY, MAY 7
GREATER GEORGIA CHAIRWOMAN KELLY LOEFFLER
APPLAUDS SIGNATURE OF NEW ELECTION BILLS
(ATLANTA) – Today, Greater Georgia Chairwoman and former U.S. Senator Kelly Loeffler applauded Governor Kemp as he signed a package of new election integrity bills into law. The package features several key pieces of legislation, including Senate Bill 189 - which codifies some of the most significant election reforms of 2024.
“Greater Georgia is grateful to Governor Kemp for signing today’s package of election reforms - and to our conservative leaders, including Lt. Governor Jones and Speaker Burns, who have made continuous investments in election integrity, year after year,” said Greater Georgia Chairwoman Kelly Loeffler. “Although there is always more work to be done, our new laws will ensure even more accuracy, safety, and transparency. On the eve of a presidential election, Georgians deserve to have confidence that - despite the best efforts of liberal activists in our courts, our media, and our federal government - their votes will count. That's why Greater Georgia will continue to be a watchdog for election integrity.”
Senate Bill 189 expands on the previous reforms of SB 202, Georgia’s Election Integrity Act, which was passed in 2021. Among other provisions, the new law:
- Removes the Secretary of State from the State Election Board to promote impartiality in Board deliberations.
- Expands the conditions for challenging and removing ineligible voters from the voter rolls to ensure only legal, eligible citizens can vote.
- Sets clear deadlines for submitting absentee ballots.
- Allows a political party’s presidential candidate to qualify for Georgia’s ballot if they have obtained ballot access in 20 other states.
- Bans Secretary of State employees from obtaining state contracts related to voting equipment, preventing conflicts of interest.
- Creates additional ballot chain of custody rules starting in 2025 to prevent tampering or misplacement of absentee ballots.
- Eliminates QR codes from ballots starting in 2026 so that only human-readable inputs are counted when tabulating vote totals.
Senate Bill 189 was sponsored by State Senator Max Burns (R-Sylvania) and carried in the State House by Representative John LaHood (R-Valdosta).
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