Georgia Senate Approves Election Reform Measures, Including Stricter Voter ID

Name tags sit at the entrance of the sorting room where election workers process absentee ballots, at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Ga., on Nov. 2, 2020. Megan Varner/Getty Images

The Georgia state Senate on Feb. 23 approved a package of measures that would enable several changes to state election laws in response to the Nov. 3 presidential election.

Among them, Senate Bill 67, which passed the Republican-controlled Senate in 35–18 vote, requires voters to submit a driver’s license number, state identification card number, or a photocopy of an approved form of identification in order to get an absentee ballot.