Thread by @MarilynRMarks1

1/ Why would GA's GOP lawmakers vote almost unanimously to ban photos like this one? SB202's Photography Ban criminalizes photography or recording of any voted ballot.
It is part of a group of bans to conceal the election operations from the public.

2/ It is a package of First Amendment infringements to restrict transparency. There's a Gag Rule and Estimating Bans in addition to the Photography Ban.

Here's an example of how all three can come into play.
Notice anything weird in the photo of this CO ballot below?

3/ I discovered hundreds of ballots like this --marked with the both blue and black ink in a small county, in a fairly small election in 2012.
Yes, it was mail ballot fraud, with someone marking races in undervotes races.
Reported it to CO AG.

4/ If I observed such ballots being processed today in GA, I could not tell anyone other than the election official, who may be involved in the crime.
Can't tell the press.
Can't tell law enforcement.
Can't tell the candidates.
😷

5/ I GA under SB202, I couldn't take a picture of this blue/black inks ballot to show further proof of the crime to be investigated.

Law says-- I can't talk about it, I can't show a picture, and I cannot "estimate" how many such ballots I saw.

6/ If citizens cannot report problems like this publicly, it invites election corruption.

Help us stop this dangerous trampling of the First Amendment.
bit.ly/CGGDonate

7/ If panel 2 of this thread is not clear, open the photo to see that both blue and black markings are on the ballot.