Data show the most severe drops in voter turnout occurred in conservative-leaning areas of the state, suggesting President Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud may have contributed to a lower Republican voter turnout in an election that ended up sending Democratic Sens. Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has set Georgias presidential preference primary for March 12, 2024. Georgia's State Election Board voted unanimously on Tuesday to end its performance review of Fulton County nearly two years after it had begun. More than 752,000 people who voted in the November general election did not come back to cast ballots in the Jan. 5 runoffs. Georgia officials won't take over elections in state's largest, Democrat-heavy county. The bills are expected to trigger fierce opposition from Democrats. In addition, the package calls for an end to automatic voter registration, a tool which has dramatically expanded voter eligibility in the state. The measures end no-excuse mail in voting and eliminate ballot drop boxes. Wednesday on Political Rewind: After an election cycle in which millions of Georgians chose to vote by mail, Republicans in the state Senate introduced a package of bills that will create new barriers to absentee voting.
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