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Key GOP Group ‘Encourages’ Mail-In Voting Just As Georgia Looks To Severely Limit It

TUCKER, GA - JUNE 20:  'I'm a Georgia Voter' stickers are available for people to cast their ballots during a special election in Georgia's 6th Congressional District special election at St. Bede's Episcopal Church on June 20, 2017 in Tucker, Georgia. Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff and Republican candidate Karen Handel are running to replace Tom Price, who is now the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The election will fill a congressional seat that has been held by a Republican since the 1970s.  (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
“I’m a Georgia Voter” stickers. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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February 17, 2021 1:06 p.m.

As Republican state legislators across the country advance bills that will make it harder to vote, an influential part of the GOP apparatus announced its own initiative to organize that effort. But there appears to be some tension between what that group thinks would be best for the party and how some Republican-controlled states are seeking to limit mail-in voting.

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