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Which parts specifically reduced access to the polls?

BBC fact checking says no significant or material change from before...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56650565

Will voting hours be restricted?

President Biden has said: "What I'm worried about is how un-American this whole initiative is. It's sick. Deciding that you're going to end voting at five o'clock when working people are just getting off work."

But it's not the case that voting has to finish at 5pm.

The law allows counties to set voting hours anywhere between 7am and 7pm, as was the case previously.

The new law does lay out the hours that are required as a minimum on election day, saying "voting shall be conducted beginning at 9:00 A.M. and ending at 5:00 P.M.", as opposed to "during normal business hours" stated in the old law.

But "normal business hours" were widely interpreted as 9am to 5pm anyway, so the practical impact of this change is negligible.
 
The number of people assigned to polling locations in Georgia vary greatly. With the largest numbers in urban areas. Forcing those voters to vote in person creates longer lines, making it more difficult for voters in those locations to vote.
 
The number of people assigned to polling locations in Georgia vary greatly. With the largest numbers in urban areas. Forcing those voters to vote in person creates longer lines, making it more difficult for voters in those locations to vote.

Funny you mention that. Last year (Feb 2020), the GA Legislature tried to address that, but the Democrats didn't want anything to do with it:

https://www.npr.org/2020/10/17/9245...-to-wait-in-line-for-hours-too-few-polling-pl

The Georgia Senate considered a proposal filed in February 2020 and endorsed by Raffensperger. It would have required county elections supervisors to add more equipment or poll workers, or split up any precincts with more than 2,000 voters, if there was a wait longer than an hour measured at three points on Election Day.

More than 1,500 of Georgia's 2,655 precincts have at least 2,000 voters — many of them in urban Democratic counties — and Raffensperger said at the time that voters should never have to wait more than 30 minutes.

But the bill, SB 463, was opposed by Democratic lawmakers and voting rights groups, who argued that any revamping in an election year would cause confusion and create more ways to keep people from casting their ballot.

The new law finally makes that change to break up precincts into smaller sites. Per GA Public Broadcasting:

https://www.gpb.org/news/2021/03/27/what-does-georgias-new-voting-law-sb-202-do

Massive polls with more than 2,000 voters and wait times longer than an hour would have to hire more staff, add more workers or split up the precinct after that election. More than 1,500 of Georgia's precincts have over 2,000 voters.

So the law requires actions be taken to address the large precincts, either to force more workers, or split the larger precincts into smaller precincts.

Either approach will shorten lines. What's not clear is if they'll use the 2020 election as the benchmark for breaking things up, or wait until after 2022. Either way, the Legislature tried to address it before Nov 2020 and the Democrats blocked it.
 
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Yeah, thought so. Not even a single snarky rebuttal to the facts about the law... Just snark.

The law does allow poll workers to offer water to voters, and water & snacks can be made available via a self-serve station. And I know this will come as a shock, but they have these things called backpacks and purses that magically allow someone to bring their own reusable or disposable water bottle (available just about anywhere)....

Last time I checked, Atlanta isn't exactly oppressively hot and humid in November. But hey, let's not let facts get in the way of imagery painting people waiting in line to vote as though they're in the same situation as those "undocumented migrants bravely crossing the Arizona desert in search of safety".
 
Compare it to KY newly updating laws. At least 1 deep red state is making it easier n it aint Ga

It's hilarious to see liberal sheep like Robbed and the media crowing about how Kentucky is the only "deep red" legislature "expanding" voting access and making it easier.

They don't bothering to do the most basic research or realize that Kentucky still has some of the most restrictive voting restrictions nationally.

Kentucky didn't early voting until this week. Now they'll have three days of early voting. Even horrible Georgia has 18 days.

And they still don't have "no excuse" absentee voting. Georgia does.

So Robbed.... Can't wait to hear how is that easier than Georgia. Really.
 
Shift to Opt-out being the default, instead of having to opt-in.

Make vote-by-mail the norm.

Eliminate gerrymandering. Redraw districts as needed.

Most everything else is either suppression or fiddling around at the edges.
 
It's hilarious to see liberal sheep like Robbed and the media crowing about how Kentucky is the only "deep red" legislature "expanding" voting access and making it easier.

They don't bothering to do the most basic research or realize that Kentucky still has some of the most restrictive voting restrictions nationally.

Kentucky didn't early voting until this week. Now they'll have three days of early voting. Even horrible Georgia has 18 days.

And they still don't have "no excuse" absentee voting. Georgia does.

So Robbed.... Can't wait to hear how is that easier than Georgia. Really.
So take a close look at what a GOP leaked voice regarding some 40 plus voter suppression bs Texas is coming up with ... In particular Harrison county. Look at the demographic areas. Mostly minority Hispanics areas. Gee may be the far right wingers are terrified at potential loss one day so the clowns in the GOP haveto come up w voter suppression