'Georgia's new restrictions strike at the heart of that Democratic stronghold, especially Black voters.'
The impact of these new restrictions became apparent in Georgia's November 2021 municipal elections. The absolute numbers were small, but the implications for democracy are enormous. Compared to November 2020, there was a four-fold increase in the rejection rate for absentee ballot applications, according to aby the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Fifty-two percent of rejections occurred because the would-be voter missed the new 11-day pre-election deadline to request a ballot.
But depending on the reason for the rejection, applicants could still reapply or vote in person. On January 28, 2022, Mother Jones' follow-up "zeroed in how many voters never cast a ballot by mail or in person after their mail applications were denied.""During municipal elections in November [2021], Georgia voters were 45 times more likely to have their mail ballot applications rejected—and ultimately not vote as a result—than in 2020. If that same rejection rate were extrapolated to the 2020 race, more than 38,000 votes would not have been cast in a presidential contest decided by just over 11,000 votes.
"In November 2021, Georgians who successfully obtained mail ballots were also twice as likely to have those ballots rejected once they were submitted compared to the previous year. If that were the case in 2020, about 31,000 fewer votes would have been cast in the presidential election."
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