The 2020 election was marked by the pandemic that had swept across the nation earlier that year. This created an expanse in the use of absentee, mail-in, and provisional ballots throughout the nation, as more people decided to send in their vote than to show up in-person and risk their own health and well-being.
The 2020 election was also marked by speculations on a rigged election. Many were falsely claiming that the election was not secure, and that “fake ballots” were being cast at an unprecedented level (We must insert that the claims mentioned have no credible evidence behind them).
With these claims came a wave of laws that supported voter suppression. Just seven months after the 2020 election had taken place, fourteen different states passed voter suppression laws, all in the name of voter suppression. One of these does include Georgia and its notorious Senate Bill 202, also known as S.B. 202.
Sources:
Boschma, Janie. “Fourteen States Have Enacted 22 New Laws Making It Harder to Vote.” CNN. Cable News Network, May 28, 2021. https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/28/politics/voter-suppression-restrictive-voting-bills/index.html.