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Atlanta Mayor Lance Bottoms Signs Executive Order Circumventing GA Election Laws

Beth Baumann
Atlanta Mayor Lance Bottoms Signs Executive Order Circumventing GA Election Laws
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) Wednesday signed an executive order to “mitigate the impact” of Georgia’s new election integrity law, known as The Election Integrity Act of 2021.

The new election bill that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) signed into law “… seeks to tighten up elections and reduce fraud by enforcing conformity across the state, amping up voter ID, restricting drop boxes, and expanding in-person voting, among additional election-related overhauls,” The Daily Wire previously reported.

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