老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia and All Voting Is Local, Georgia Urge Sec of State, State Election Board to Adopt a Commonsense Drop box Strategy for August and November Elections
ATLANTA 鈥� Today, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia and All Voting Is Local, Georgia, along with 23 community organizations sent a letter to the Secretary of State and State Election Board urging them to mandate and fund a four-pronged commonsense strategy for placing drop boxes in all 159 counties. The emergence of COVID-19 added to the make drop boxes vital to ensure that all Georgia citizens can be safe as they exercise their sacred right to vote.
The said, 鈥淪etting up ballot drop boxes and educating voters to use them mitigates a number of COVID-19-related risks associated with in-person voting. It also minimizes the number of people that will need to access voting locations, thereby providing more space for those who are engaged in in-person voting.鈥�
To reduce long lines on Election Day and help keep voters safer during the pandemic, the 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia, All Voting Is Local, Georgia, and the 23 community organizations urge the Secretary of State to implement a four-part commonsense strategy.
- increase the number of drop boxes located in each county
- adopt mandatory standards
- publish clear education materials notifying voters of drop box locations
- recruit and train absentee ballot processors including developing standardize instructions for absentee ballot processing
鈥淓lection drop boxes allow voters to securely place their ballots in a ballot box at a time of their convenience. I used a drop box in front of the Auburn Avenue Research Library to cast my primary ballot. This must be an option for all Georgians to safely exercise their sacred right to vote,鈥� said Andrea Young, executive director of the 老澳门开奖结果 of Georgia.
鈥淎bsentee voting is a safe, secure, and effective way for Georgians to vote鈥� said Aklima Khondoker, state director of All Voting Is Local, Georgia. 鈥淭he government should never require any citizen to play roulette with their health in order to vote鈥攊t must always be safe and available. Make our elections safe and available for Georgians and mandate drop boxes in all counties.鈥�
