Outcry in Georgia over attack on voting access | First Thing

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Republican lawmakers advanced a bill yesterday which would significantly limit voting access in Georgia, leading to accusations of voter suppression - especially after record numbers of voters swung the state to the Democrats in last year's presidential election. The measure would end the right to vote by mail without a state-approved excuse, and would require voters to provide ID when they apply to vote by mail and return their ballot. The bill, SB 241, passed through with the bare minimum votes required in the Republican-controlled Georgia Senate, 29-20.