House OKs early-voting bill

A proposal to streamline early voting passed the Georgia House of Representatives on Wednesday with bipartisan support.

House Bill 92, which passed 148-20, would begin advance voting on the fourth Monday before a primary or general election. Early voting would then run through the Friday immediately before the election. Elections for federal or state office would also include voting on the second Saturday before an election.

The current early-voting period begins 45 days before a state or federal election and 21 days before a local election. A review of those dates, however, shows more than 75 percent vote in the last three weeks of each period.