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“The legislature ignored the input of election directors from across
the state about these provisions and how it would impact their ability to
conduct elections ... in the name of solving problems that do not exist,”
said Anne Gray Herring, policy analyst for Common Cause Georgia.
But Rep. Buddy DeLoach, R-Townsend, said he introduced an earlier
version of the bill specifically at the request of local election officials in
Glynn County.
“They and others experienced situations that required fewer ballot
marking devices because of precincts with large percent of early and
absentee votes,” DeLoach wrote in an email to Capitol Beat. “The bill
simply lets them put the devices where they are needed. Local officials
could already do that in all except statewide general elections.”
While both Senate Bill 189 and House Bill 1207 passed along partisan
lines. Senate Bill 368 sailed through the Senate unanimously and cleared
the House with only two “no” votes. To Republican Secretary of State
Brad Raffensperger, prohibiting campaign contributions from foreign
nationals was the most important of the election bills.
“This commonsense measure defends Georgia elections,”
Raffensperger said. “Voters deserve assurance that their elections remain
free from foreign influence.”
House Bill 974 was less controversial than Senate Bill 189 and House
Bill 1207, drawing support from many legislative Democrats.
Still, some Democrats expressed frustration with the bill’s election
audit requirements.
“We’ve done audit after audit. We’ve done study after study,” said
Rep. Stacey Evans, D-Atlanta. “Our elections are secure. There is no
widespread voter fraud.”
House Bill 1312 was forced upon the General Assembly by a federal
lawsuit charging the current system of electing the five members of the
Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) statewide rather than by
district dilutes Black voting strength in violation of the Voting Rights
Act.
While the 11th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals subsequently upheld the
current system, the case forced the cancellation of PSC elections in 2022
and again this year. House Bill 1312 rescheduled the elections for 2026
and 2028.
Democrats complained the new schedule would let commissioners
who normally serve six-year terms stay in office for eight years or longer.
Republicans countered that they had no choice because of the court case.
While most of the bills would take effect in time for the November
elections, a provision in Senate Bill 189 eliminating QR codes from paper
ballots wouldn’t become law until 2026. That’s to give the secretary of
state’s office time to develop new technology to replace the QR codes.
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Today is the 99th day of 2024
and the 21st day of spring.
TODAY’S HISTORY: In 1904, Britain and France signed
the Entente Cordiale, a series of agreements that formalized
peace between the two countries.
In 1935, Congress approved the Emergency Relief
Appropriation Act, establishing the Works Progress
Administration (WPA).
In 2005, more than 4 million mourners gathered in Rome for
the funeral of Pope John Paul II.
In 2010, President Barack Obama and Russian President
Dmitry Medvedev signed the New START nuclear arms
control treaty.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Harvey Cushing (1869-1939),
surgeon; Mary Pickford (1892-1979), actress; Sonja Heme
(1912-1969), ice skater; Betty Ford (1918-2011), first
lady; Shecky Greene (1926-2023), comedian; Kofi Annan
(1938-2018), diplomat; Gary Carter (1954-2012), baseball
player/sportscaster; Robin Wright (1966-), actress; Patricia
Arquette (1968-), actress; Katee Sackhoff (1980-), actress;
Felix Hernandez (1986-), baseball player.
TODAY’S FACT: Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
discovered superconductivity during experiments with
mercury wire immersed in liquid helium on this day in 1911.
TODAY’S SPORTS: In 1975, Frank Robinson of the
Cleveland Indians made his debut as Major League
Baseball’s first African American manager. Robinson also
continued to play for the team, hitting a home run in his first
at-bat of the day.
TODAY’S QUOTE: “Often we mistake stability, in terms of
security and economic activity, to mean a country is doing
well. We forget the third and important pillar: rule of law and
respect for human rights.” — Kofi Annan
TODAY’S NUMBER: 755 — career home runs for Hank
Aaron, second only to Barry Bonds’ all-time record of 762.
Aaron hit his 715th career home run on this day in 1974,
breaking the record previously held by Babe Ruth.
TODAY’S MOON: New moon (April 8).
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THE
POETSI___
CORNER
The Naming of
Cats
-T.S. Eliot
The Naming of Cats is a
difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your
holiday games;
You may think at first
I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a
cat must have THREE
DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all, there's the
name that the family use
daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey—
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound
sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter—
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,
A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellyloram-
Names that never belong to more than one cat.
But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover—
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never
confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his
name:
His ineffable effable
Effan ineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.
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Jasmine the
Greyhound
Hi everyone. It's now spring
and all of us pets are ready to go
outside a little more and jump
around and play in the yard.
Hopefully, you have a great big
fenced in yard for us to play in.
Playing around the neighborhood
can be really unsafe and plus those
streets can be deadly. Please help
us out by walking us on a leash
or having a fenced in yard for us
to use. I am lucky, I have a large
fenced in yard that my brothers
and I can run and play in. Hope
you do too. This week do I have a
wonderful story for you.
This week's story is about
my poor friend Jasmine the
Greyhound. You see, she was a
stray dog who was discovered
alone, shaking, and starving in a
locked garage. A cop had found
her and had taken her to the local
wildlife sanctuary where she was
nursed back to health. It took a
while, but she found life again.
The incredible thing about
this story is that, unlike most
abandoned and abused dogs.
Jasmine was gentle and nurturing.
As soon as she began to feel
better, she immediately began
helping other strays that came in
feel better. I mean she took care
of anything that came through.
She was a foster dog mother to
puppies, kittens, foxes, chicks,
Guinea pigs, bunnies, and even
a cute little deer during the better
half of her life.
Jasmine was truly a wonderful
dog, doing for other friends,
and not just other dogs. Other
of God's animals all through out
the rest of her life. I think we all
could live by her example. Let us
all give Jasmine a big round of
a-paws!
See you next week.
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1 Peel
5 Old poet
9 Chem. or
biol.
12 Exchange fee
13 Actress
Sedgwick
14 Weight unit
1 5 — Blanc
16 Housetop
17 Furrow
18 “ in Pink”
20 Touring
company of
actors
22 Moray
23 Horse opera
24 Japanese
automaker
27 “America’s
— Wanted”
29 Time
30 Boyish
34 Electrical unit
37 Playwright
— Levin
38 Fashion
39 Female goat
41 Silent butler
contents
44 Topper
45 Ramshackle
building
47 Goal
51 Mouser
52 Italia’s
capital
54 Norway’s
capital
55 Pindaric
56 Watched
57 Bit of news
58 Actor
Danson
59 Opposite of
highs
60 Current
events
DOWN
1 Cloverleaf
part
2 Sikorsky
3 Baseball
team
4 Sign on the
— line
5 Green gem
6 Trouble
7 Funny guy
8 Thaw
9 Walk with
head held high
10 Sporty car
11 Bury
19 Herb drink
21 Swear word
24 and haw
25 Mine’s output
26 Broken-down
horse
27 Speck
28 Ump’s cry
30 Long-haired ox
31 Fish
appendage
32 Coffee vessel
33 — of the land
35 “So be it!”
36 Spendthrift
39 Pen point
40 Touch on
41 Cravat
42 Window cover
43 Loathed
44 Lots and lots
46 Simple toy
(hyph.)
48 Princely
Italian family
49 Yarn ball
50 Male animals
53 Gull
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