to balance these considerations, which are that over 300 bills,

vast majority by Republicans, sorry, was that too bad?

Oh no, so I just sounded like somebody dropped a somewhere.

Yeah, I probably broke something.

Oh, weird.

Oh.

Hello and welcome to the 530 Politics Podcast.

I'm Gailan Drouk.

Last Thursday, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed a package of voting rule changes

into law.

The law contains a number of controversial provisions, like giving more authority over

the state elections board to the legislature instead of the Secretary of State.

And it also bans volunteers from giving food, water, or chairs to people waiting to vote.

The law also expands early voting times after an earlier proposal would have limited voting

on weekends.

And it requires a form of ID for casting an absentee ballot, but does not eliminate absentee

or mail voting for Georgians under 65, as was previously considered.

We're going to discuss the new law and put it in context of the other proposals from

Republicans around the country that could make voting more difficult.

We're also going to take a look at the challenges facing the Biden administration when it comes

to dealing with the surge of migrants at the southern border and immigration reform more

broadly.

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