On Friday, Georgia critics of a Republican-backed provision to severely limit who can cast absentee ballots were optimistic they had enough GOP votes to water down the restrictions today. Over the weekend, their confidence soured. #gapol ajc.com/politics/polit…
Barring a shock, the Georgia Senate has the votes to pass the elections restrictions measure that would severely limit who could vote by mail this afternoon. #gapol
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About three hours into debate in the Georgia Senate and Democrat Lester Jackson dropped this line: “This bill smells like voter suppression. This smells like Jim Crow laws, and it stinks like the smell of a deer carcass on I-16.” #gapol 
Gloria Butler, the first Black woman to lead a Georgia Senate caucus, to supporters of the restrictions: You’ll try to wave in my face the high Black turnout we’ve seen in recent years. But those accomplishments are in spite, not a result, of Georgia’s laws. #gapol
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