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Debate On Online Voter Registration Hits Senate Today

Posted: Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 @ 7:56 am in Debate, Elections, Legislation, Voting | No Comments »

Senate Bill 406, a bill that would allow Georgians to register to vote securely online, is on the debate calendar today in the state Senate.
SB 406 is supported by Secretary of State Brian Kemp.
“This common sense, secure online voter registration initiative will utilize technology to increase citizen access to elections, save Georgia taxpayer dollars, and [...]

Georgia Senate Debates Health Care Freedom of Choice Amendment Today

Posted: Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 @ 7:44 am in Constitutional Amendment, Constitutional Amendments, Debate, Heathcare/Medicine, Legislation, Resolutions, Senate | No Comments »

A lot of attention is being directed towards the health care bill currently under consideration in Congress. Democrats in the U.S. House are busy scurrying around for the votes to pass a measure that they say would provide health insurance to more tha 30 million Americans.
If the bill becomes law, however, a proposed amendment to [...]

VIDEO: HB 614

Posted: Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 @ 10:21 pm in Debate, Media | 1 Comment »

Here is the Senate debate on HB 614, the Prescription Drug Monitoring Act, a bill that myself and other privacy advocates took interest in:

UPDATE: Sunday sales amendment proposed to HB 115

Posted: Monday, March 30th, 2009 @ 1:47 pm in Debate, News | No Comments »

Sen. Seth Harp has proposed an amendment for Sunday alcohol sales to HB 115, which relates to alcohol licensing requirements.
The language is similar, if not the same as, SB 16, which would have given voters in counties and municipalities the opportunity to decide if alcohol would be sold on Sunday in their community.
[UPDATE] Sen. [...]

VIDEO: Debate on HB 143

Posted: Saturday, January 31st, 2009 @ 7:47 am in Debate, Media | No Comments »

Below is video of today’s debate over HB 143. It’s about 90 minutes in length. In other words, this ain’t the Lawmakers version.
House Ways and Means Chairman Larry O’Neal (R) presented the bill and took questions from Rep. Bobby Franklin (@ 7:34), Rep. David Lucas (@ 9:33), Rep. Tim Bearden (@ 15:25), Rep. Winifred [...]