The Gwinnett County Republican Party desperately wants changes to Georgia’s election laws:
One of the Gwinnett County Republican Party’s two representatives on the bipartisan county elections board told fellow members of the GOP that she favors major elections changes at the local and state levels, including a move away from no excuse absentee voting for many Georgians.
Alice O’Lenick, who is the Gwinnett Board of Registrations and Elections chairwoman for 2021 and 2022, encouraged members of her party to write letters and make phone calls to state legislators to encourage them to make changes to state elections laws. …
“I was on a Zoom call the other day and I said, ‘I’m like a dog with a bone. I will not let them end this session without changing some of these laws,’ “ O’Lenick said. “They don’t have to change all of them, but they’ve got to change the major parts of them so that we at least have a shot at winning.” [Gwinnett Daily Post]
That last line brings Republican strategy into crystal clear focus, doesn’t it?
At the meeting where this is proposed, I would smile sweetly and ask which laws are suppressing Republican voters, and offer to loosen those up so more Republican voters can show up.
Any response along the lines of suppressing Democratic or Independent voters would be ignored, after suggesting that such a motivation might qualify for law enforcement investigation. Suggestions that ineligible voters are voting should be referred to the Court system, with special reference to Section 11, or whatever section is pertinent for Georgia state Courts, which refers to the barring of lawyers who bring frivolous suits to court.
The point of election laws is to permit voting by eligible citizens first, and restrict ineligible voters second.
