ATLANTA — Voting rights advocates filed another lawsuit Monday challenging Georgia’s election rules and laws, this time seeking to invalidate the state’s requirement that voters use a “pen and ink” signature on absentee ballot applications.
In the fall, the State Election Board approved rules that require voters to print out absentee ballot application forms, sign them by hand and return them. In 2020, voters were able to apply for ballots online without filling out paper forms.
The change was mandated by Georgia’s new election law, which made sweeping changes to the state’s voting rules.
