About Georgia voting and elections bills

Georgia lawmakers are considering multiple proposals in the 2021 legislative session that would change elections and voting laws. These stories help add context to the debate over those bills.

A Fulton County election worker opens and sorts absentee ballots at the Georgia World Congress Center in downtown Atlanta during this month's U.S. Senate runoffs. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

Strict absentee voting limits proposed after record Georgia turnout

Mara Braziel votes in January at Georgia Tech's McCamish Pavilion. (John Spink / John.Spink@ajc.com)

AJC poll: Georgia voters back absentee ID but oppose new restrictions

How votes are counted in Georgia on election night and beyond

How votes are counted in Georgia on election night and beyond

Georgia recount confirms Biden win, again, but Trump still battling

201116-Lawrenceville-Workers count ballots at the Gwinnett County election warehouse in Lawrenceville on Monday evening, Nov. 16, 2020. Ben Gray for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Georgia manual recount confirms Biden victory

Republican state Sen. Greg Dolezal says he tested the absentee ballot verification process by signing his name on his ballot request form much more clearly than he did on his driver’s license. “For all intents and purposes, signature match doesn’t exist,” Dolezal said. “Regardless of what you think happened in the last election, we can acknowledge this isn’t the best way.” (Rebecca Wright for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

Georgia lawmakers seek absentee ID requirement after signature test

No fraud: Georgia audit confirms authenticity of absentee ballots

November 14, 2020 Atlanta - Fulton County's members of a recount team work on hand recount and audit of ballots during Fulton CountyÕs Risk Limiting Audit process at Georgia World Congress Center on Saturday, November 14, 2020. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)

Recount finds thousands of Georgia votes missing from initial counts

On the suite level at State Farm Arena, Fulton County election officials work to count absentee ballots on Monday, November 2, 2020. The process includes machines that cut open the envelopes, people who sort the paperwork, scanning stations where the data is collected and boxing of the recorded ballots for transport to English Avenue where Fulton County's official count is assessed. The physical ballots and the date will be transported on Tuesday after all absentee ballots are counted. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

How Georgia verifies signatures on absentee ballots

5 Georgia election fraud claims explained

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