Posted on 05/03/2023 2:23:10 PM PDT by CFW
Local elections offices in Georgia will not be allowed to receive private donations under controversial legislation Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law Wednesday.
Senate Bill 222, which the General Assembly’s Republican majorities passed along party lines, was prompted by complaints that out-of-state private funds have been flowing into elections offices in large Democratic counties across the country, including a $350 million contribution by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to the nonprofit Center for Technology and Civic Life.
Legislative Democrats charged the bill was aimed at denying the financial assistance already resource-poor elections offices need to run their elections smoothly. Without the ability to receive private donations themselves, the measure’s opponents argued, local elections offices will be forced to rely on the State Election Board to allocate private dollars.
Kemp signed 13 other bills into law Wednesday, including legislation to:
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Georgia is slowly tightening its election integrity laws. Its not enough and they need to tighten things up MUCH more but at least there has been some progress since the steal in 2020.
Laws will not end illegal activity
Death of the bad ‘uns is needed to stop the election theft
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