White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the key context in the Major League Baseball (MLB) decision to move from Georgia to Colorado was that Peach state law was “built on a lie”.
Fox News’s Peter Doocy asked Psaki to give his opinion on Tuesday, noting that the two states have similarities in their electoral laws.
The press secretary refuted that his electoral law was similar, noting that Colorado sends requests for absentee votes to everyone who is eligible to vote and 94% of the state voted by mail in the 2020 election. She also said that the state allows a “range of materials” is provided as identification to vote in person.
“But it is important to remember the context here, Georgia’s electoral bill was built on a lie. There was no widespread fraud in the 2020 elections,” continued Psaki. “The top Republican election officials in Georgia have recognized this repeatedly. What happened, however, was a record turnout, especially for black voters.
“What we are seeing here are politicians who did not like the result, they are not changing their policies to win more votes, they are changing the rules to exclude more voters,” said the press secretary.
She added that, ultimately, it was up to the MLB to decide where to play their game.
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The Associated Press reported on Tuesday that the MLB will relocate the game to Coors Field in Denver after removing it from Atlanta over Georgia’s voting laws. In response, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp addressed the situation, comparing the procedures of the two states, saying he is baffled by the decision.
“Georgia has 17 days of early personal voting, including two optional Sundays, Colorado has 15,” said the Republican governor. “So, from what I’m hearing, they also need a photo ID. So it doesn’t make a lot of sense to me.”
It turns out that Colorado also requires voters to show identification when voting in person, and the state says voters for the first time may be required to include a copy of their identification with the ballot.
Georgia requires identification for personal voting and for all absentees. According to the office of Georgia’s Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger, voters without identity can use the last four digits of their social security number, a utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck or other government document with your name and address.
Colorado relies on the signature of absentee ballot signatures, except for the first voters in the mail, which Georgia did in the 2020 elections.
COLORADO’S VOTING LAWS SIMILAR TO GEORGIA
Colorado also sends absentee ballots to all registered voters, while Georgia sends only those who request them, a measure that aims to avoid sending ballots to the wrong address or to those who are no longer entitled to vote.
Georgia law extends the number of early voting days on weekends and standardizes the time from at least 9 am to 5 pm. It also limits the number of ballot boxes to 1 per 100,000 voters or 1 per polling place, whichever is less.
Mailboxes in Georgia must be placed in a county election office or early polling place, so that they are only available during business hours to be monitored.
Last week, before the MLB said it would come out in response to the state’s voting law, Biden said he would “strongly support” baseball players who are pushing to change the game.
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“I think today’s professional athletes are acting incredibly responsible. I would support them strongly in this,” Biden told ESPN last week. “People look at them. They are leaders. The same people who are most victimized are the leaders of these various sports.”