ATLANTA (May 8, 2024) – Yesterday, Governor Brian P. Kemp signed Senate Bill 189 to strengthen election integrity in the state. The measure, sponsored by Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics Sen. Max Burns (R–Sylvania), restricts the use of QR codes to count ballots, reforms the process to challenge a voter’s eligibility and expands ballot access for third-party candidates. Further, this legislation removes Georgia’s Secretary of State from the State Election Board and establishes additional conflict of interest provisions for statewide and local elections officers, officials and employees involving goods and services provided for voting equipment.
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ATLANTA (Feb. 16, 2024) – Today, the Georgia Senate passed Senate Bill 212, sponsored by Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics Sen. Max Burns (R–Sylvania). This legislation would relieve the probate court judges from being responsible for elections. Newly established county boards of elections and registration would assume this responsibility. There are approximately twenty-five counties across the state that currently utilize probate judges as elections superintendents and would be impacted by this legislation.
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ATLANTA (Jan. 30, 2024) – On Friday, Jan. 26, the Georgia State Senate passed Senate Bill 358, sponsored by the Senate Committee on Ethics Chairman Sen. Max Burns (R-Sylvania). The legislation would authorize the State Election Board to investigate the administration of primary and election laws by the Secretary of State and local county elections officials.
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ATLANTA (Oct. 31, 2023) | On Wednesday, November 1, 2023, at 1 p.m., the Senate Committee on Ethics, chaired by Senator Max Burns (R – Sylvania), will hold a meeting to hear input from the Secretary of State and other stakeholders regarding the state of Georgia’s elections and electronic voting systems.
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ATLANTA (June 12, 2023) | Last week, Governor Brian P. Kemp announced that he has made preliminary grant awards totaling more than $83.5 million for 118 qualified projects that improve community-level public safety measures and address law enforcement staffing challenges that arose during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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