ATLANTA — Georgia legislators restored key pieces of an elections bill Monday morning, expanding GBI fraud enforcement and unsealing paper ballots for public inspection.
The House Election Integrity Committee voted along party lines to advance the bill on the last day of this year's legislative session, the latest changes to election laws sought by the General Assembly's Republican majority.
The new 11-page bill gives the GBI authority to investigate potential infractions if they could have put the outcome of an election in doubt. It also allows the public to review ballots for themselves after elections are certified.
