Bill to shorten Atlanta voting hours advances in Ga. House

[workinclasszero]

Bill to shorten Atlanta voting hours advances in Ga. House
By Mark Niesse Posted: 12:27 p.m. Thursday, March 08, 2018

Voters in Atlanta would have one less hour to cast their ballots under a bill that cleared a subcommittee Thursday.
The legislation, Senate Bill 363, would force the city of Atlanta to close its polls at 7 p.m. like the rest of the state. Currently, Atlanta is allowed to keep precincts open until 8 p.m. under a state law passed in the 1970s.

The bill was filed by Republican Sen. Matt Brass after Democratic Sen. Jen Jordan won a special election in December to represent a district that covers parts of Atlanta and Cobb County. Voting in Cobb County ended at 7 p.m.

“All the people in the city of Atlanta have a one-hour advantage on the rest of the state,” said Brass, R-Newnan. “We’re trying to get a little more uniformity.”

Opponents of the bill said it would limit voting options for residents fighting through Atlanta traffic after long work days.

https://politics.myajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/bill-shorten-atlanta-voting-hours-advances-house/goraM0zz8ft43NldUsjekL/

[Trumpocalypse]

1. Why not keep the poll open until 8PM

in the rest of the state instead?

[justhanginon]

2. Horror of horrors, that would allow more people to vote. That would be

against republican religion of killing democracy a little at a a time.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. And then they can have fewer voting places in the city and fewer

machines in the precincts with minority voters.

[maxsolomon]

4. Vote by Mail

With no Postage Required. Polling hours become irrelevant.

What's the GOP argument against that?

[alarimer]

5. They are so very obvious.

They aren't even hiding their attempts to steal elections anymore.

[workinclasszero]

6. Nope

Republicans are a party of criminals.

[Awsi Dooger]

7. Strategic suppression is going on everywhere

Not as sexy as fraud and without the outrage but it undoubtedly changes the final tally to greater degree.

This will happen in more and more pivotal big cities, where available. It's the reason I don't get too excited about states like Texas flipping.

[ProudLib72]

8. Atlanta needs to declare Voting Day a holiday and close its businesses

Then everyone can go to the polls and fuck over the fucking rethuglicans. And if Atlanta won't do that, then there needs to be a general strike on that day so that everyone can go vote anyway.