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In April 2021, Major League Baseball (MLB) announced that it was moving the upcoming All-Star Game out of Georgia in response to the state's new restrictive voter law and would instead be hosting the game at Coors Field in Denver, Colorado. Shortly after this news broke, political pundits started posting messages comparing the voter laws in Denver to Georgia's new voter law. The National Review, for instance, wrote: But in the very next sentence, the Review confusingly added: Like Colorado, Georgia allows voters without ID to use the last four digits of their Social Security number, a bank statement or utility bill, a paycheck, or any other government document with their name and address. Furthermore, the Review linked to Colorado's Secretary of State website, which confirmed that people can use a copy of a current (within the last 60 days) utility bill, bank statement, government check, paycheck, or other government document that shows the name and address of the elector as a form of identification. In other words, a Colorado voter may use any of several forms of identification, including some without a photo, in order to vote. Republican communicator Matt Whitlock also shared an incomplete list of Colorado's voter-ID requirements: Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp even made the erroneous claim about photo IDs during an appearance on Fox News. Kemp said: To be clear, Colorado does not require photo ID to vote in person. While Kemp is right to say that Georgia has more days for in-person voting than Colorado, he failed to mention that Colorado is an all-mail voting state, which means that every eligible voter in Colorado receives a mail-in ballot before an election. While people still have the option to vote in person if they chose to (and can register the same day as the election), the vast majority of voters choose to vote by mail. In 2020, more than 99% of Colorado's vote arrived via mail. It should also be noted that Georgia's new voting law is close to 100 pages and deals with far more than voter-ID requirements. Colorado Public Radio reported on some of the ways that Georgia's new voting law differs from the voting laws in Colorado: The Georgia Recorder also noted a few of the differences between the election laws in Colorado and Georgia. Here's how the local outlet explained the difference between Georgia and Colorado's voter identification requirements: While one could pick and choose portions of Georgia's law and compare them to the laws in other states, the overarching criticism of Georgia's new voting law is that it restricts voting access — by, for example, limiting the number of absentee ballot drop boxes and diminishing the time voters have to request absentee ballots — and that it was passed with votes solely from the political party (Republicans) that just lost two U.S. Senate seats (and a presidency) during an election that saw record-breaking turnout. This law was also passed in the aftermath of an election that was marred by false claims about voter fraud. While Georgia legislators wrote in the new voting bill that the legislation was needed because there was a significant lack of confidence in Georgia election systems, the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and other election officials previously called the 2020 election the most secure in American history.
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