Thread by @JuddLegum

1. Many media outlets are reporting Georgia's new voting law restricts voting in some ways but expands early voting

For many Georgians THIS ISN'T TRUE

In counties with lots of Democrats & people of color, the bill RESTRICTS EARLY VOTING

Facts matter

Follow along if interested

2. Previously, Georgia counties only had to provide one weekend day for early voting. The bill makes two Saturday's mandatory and leaves both Sundays optional.

But Fulton County and others that tilt Democratic already offered early voting on all four days.

So no change there.

3. But the new law PROHIBITS Fulton County from using mobile polling sites to cut down lines and make voting easier during the voting period. That's what they did last year.

So if you live in Fulton County, this is one way in which the new bill RESTRICTS early voting.

4. The bill also moves runoffs to just four weeks after a general election and has no mandatory weekend early voting for runoffs.

It takes time to print ballots. So early voting for runoffs will likely be REDUCED EVERYWHERE because there isn't enough time to set it up.

5. Saying that the bill EXPANDS EARLY VOTING when it will restrict early voting for hundreds of thousands of Democrats and people of color is journalistic malpractice.

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