ATLANTA -- When Josh McKoon traveled the state campaigning to become the next state GOP chairman, he didn’t mince words about the early-voting advantage that Democrats have painstakingly built in Georgia.
Tired of watching Democrats capitalize on early voting, McKoon became the latest in a parade of state Republican leaders who want to break from a GOP tradition that focuses primarily on Election Day turnout.
“We’ve got to recognize there are people who want to vote by absentee ballot and don’t have much confidence in our electronic voting machines — and we have to reach them,” McKoon said in an interview. “We need to focus on getting them to make a plan to vote.”
