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Georgia’s election integrity law, which the General Assembly passed in 2021 and strengthened in 2023, has been in the Democrats’ crosshairs for years. The Democrats have gone after Georgia even longer than that.
Let’sbackuptobeforethe2021law.In2018,whennow-Gov.BrianKemp(R-Ga.)barelydefeatedStacey“PresidentofEarth”Abrams(D-I’mnotagovernor,butIplayanelectedleaderonTV),theleftwentballistic.Abramsrefusedtoconcedetherace,andDemocratsactedasifKempwasanillegitimategovernor.ItwastheDems’sameoldelection-denialtuneinadifferentkey.
Duringthe2020election,Democratssetupsnacktablesandhandedoutcandidate-brandedbottlesofwatertopeoplewaitinginlongvotinglines.TheembarrassinglylonglinescombinedwithothershenaniganshelpedtintthePeachStateblueinthatelection.Gun-shyRepublicanvoters,affectedinpartbybillboardsfromleft-wingPACssuggestingthatDemocratswereouttostealtheelection,stayedhomefromtheJan.2021Senaterunoff,furtheraddingtothenarrativethatGeorgiawasapurplestateripeforDemocratstoseize.
Whathappenedin2020andearly2021prom
