The new law limits voting, it shrinks the window for voters to request mail ballots. Rather than allowing voters to request ballots six months from Election Day, the new law says voters can start requesting ballots 78 days out; counties can begin sending ballots to voters just 29 days before Election Day, rather than the previous 49 days. It also sets an earlier cutoff date for ballot application requests. Critics say any mail delays with these shorter periods could lead to voters not getting ballots on time, or not being able to return them in time. Voters who cast mail ballots will have to provide one of several forms of identification. This provision — which replaces a signature match previously used to confirm voters’ identities — is one of the most controversial because critics say it is likely to disproportionately affect Black voters.Gasp! Someone voting “absentee” must prove they are who they claim to be? Oh the horrors! The horrors, I tell you!
That doesn’t even remotely “restrict” voting. The absentee option is still there as much as it ever was. You’re literally upset that it will be harder for the Dumbocrats to engage in voter fraud. When will you people finally just come out admit it (as you’ve done with socialism and pedophilia)?
Like most of these laws, it is a solution in search of a problem. No one has demonstrated any serious problems with mailed ballots.