Georgia’s DeKalb County could keep its $2 million in private grant money to help run elections, under a bill nearing final passage. But the next Georgia local government official who accepts an outside election grant might end up a convicted felon.
That’s the message majority Republicans sent Monday as the Georgia House voted 100-69 along party lines to approve Senate Bill 222. The measure would make it illegal for local government to accept any funding for elections from outside groups except the state or federal governments. The bill goes back to the Senate for more debate because the House made changes.
“It’s not a new idea that there’s people out there who want to illegally influence the outcome of our elections,” said House Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman John LaHood, a Valdosta Republican. “That’s been going on since Moby Dick was a minnow, and it’s going to continue.” “There is a false narrative here,” said Rep. Saira Draper, an Atlanta Democrat. “This bill does not simply clarify what has been the law all along.”
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