Lieutenant governor candidate and state Senate President Pro Tempore Butch Miller filed legislation Monday to eliminate election drop boxes made popular by Georgian trying to avoid having to vote in person during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a press release, sent by the Senate Press Office, Miller, who is facing an opponent endorsed by former President Donald Trump, called the banning of drop boxes the “next step in our fight to restore Georgians’ faith in our election systems.”
“Drop boxes were introduced as an emergency measure during the pandemic, but many counties did not follow the security guidelines in place, such as the requirement for camera surveillance on every drop box,” Miller said in the release. “Moving forward, we can return to a pre-pandemic normal of voting in person. Removing drop boxes will help rebuild the trust that has been lost..”
Former President Donald Trump and his supporters have for a year promoted false claims that the 2020 election - which Trump lost - was stolen. Since then, they have pushed for changes in election laws “to restore confidence in elections” without acknowledging their own role in diminishing confidence in elections.
State election officials have said there was no indication of fraud in 2020 after three ballot counts and multiple investigations. In last year’s presidential election, Democrat Joe Biden defeated Trump in Georgia by about 12,000 votes.
Earlier this year, the Republican-controlled Legislature approved an overhaul of...
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