HOW THEY VOTED

H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan

“Yes”

U.S. Rep. Sanford Bishop, D-Albany

U.S. Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux, D-Suwanee

U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson, D-Lithonia

U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Marietta

U.S. Rep. David Scott, D-Atlanta

U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams, D-Atlanta

“No”

U.S. Rep. Rick Allen, R-Evans U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Pooler

U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Athens

U.S. Rep. Drew Ferguson, R-West Point

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Rome

U.S. Rep. Jody Hice, R-Greensboro

U.S. Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Cassville

U.S. Rep. Austin Scott, R-Tifton

Over on the House side, they’re taking a kitchen sink approach to election legislation.

Like Senate Bill 67, House Bill 531 contains an identification proposal for absentee ballots.

But the measure touches on so many other areas of voting, including a new limit on absentee ballot drop boxes, requiring that they be located only inside early voting locations or county election offices.

Here’s a quick — kinda, sorta — summary of what other proposals in HB 531 would do:

■ Set a deadline to request absentee ballots 11 days before election day.

■ Reduce the period between elections and runoffs from nine weeks to four weeks.

■ Institute ranked-choice voting for military and overseas voters.

■ Prohibit county election officials from accepting outside funding to supplement taxpayer-funded election budgets.

■ Require new precincts to open if waits exceed an hour at voting sites with more than 2,000 registered voters.

■ Restrict use of mobile voting buses to emergencies.

■ Ban mass mailing of absentee balSeveral lot request forms from state and local governments.

■ Require labeling on absentee ballot request forms mailed by private organizations.

■ Prohibit distribution of food or drinks to voters waiting in line.

■ Disqualify provisional ballots cast in the wrong precinct.

The House Election Integrity Committee approved the bill, but only after it removed another proposal that would have banned Sunday voting.

That proposal spurred complaints that the bill would limit voting by Black voters who participate in “Souls to the Polls” events after church.