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Social Problems with Georgia SB 2021 1 Georgia’s Election Integrity Act of 2021 Kadaja S. Tennessee Walden University SOCW 6361A Dr. Linda Samuel October 22, 2023

Social Problems with Georgia SB 2021 2 On March 25, 2021, The Election Integrity Act of 2021 was passed by Governor Brian Kemp (Georgia General Assembly, 2021). The Election Integrity Act was signed into law by the Georgia Legislature to make it easier for citizens to vote and more challenging to cheat. The policy addressed tightening voting requirements in the wake of fraudulent vote claims. The law intended to reestablish trust amongst citizens in the voting process. It seeks to promote transparency, expand voting security, and enhancement of vote counts (Georgia Assembly, 2021). According to Section 2 of Senate Bill 202 (2021), it was highlighted following the 2020 election that “there was a significant lack of confidence in Georgia election systems, with many electors concerned about allegations of rampant voter suppression and many electors concerned about allegations of rampant voter fraud” (Askin, 2021). This new law changed a number of Georgia’s electoral administration procedures. It enhanced the staffing and equipped voting locations with longer lines, provided around-the-clock security for drop boxes, and stricter voter ID requirements (Senate RPC, 2022). It required all counties to have at least one drop-box for absentee ballots, extended weekend voting, and hours for early voting in person (Senate RPC, 2022). However, the area of policy that indicates a social problem to me is the tightening of voter identification requirements. This new law requires a number of measures to be taken to verify a voter’s identity, placing a negative impact on minority groups. In the past, absentee ballot applications were to be signed by electors per Georgia’s law. However, electors are now required to present their driver’s license number or a similar form of state-issued identification or provide their social security number (Corasaniti & Epstein, 2021). The Election Integrity Act of 2021 establishes a form of voter suppression, as it will significantly impact voters by

Social Problems with Georgia SB 2021 3 implementing stricter ID requirements. According to (Reyes, 2021) minorities already struggle to access the required documents and may encounter financial and transportation barriers to secure forms of identification that are needed for an absentee ballot. As a social worker, this is a problem because it now excludes individuals who do not possess a legal driver’s license or state-issued identification. Additionally, Georgia’s law has implemented an array of challenges for absentee applicants, and the risk of those applications being disposed of, if not completed correctly diminishes the potential for minority ballots to be counted. As social workers, it is our responsibility and obligation to seek social justice and pursue social change on behalf of vulnerable and disenfranchised groups of people (National Association of Social Work, 2021). A social problem is a social worker's problem because social work builds its identity on social problems (Michailakis & Schirmer, 2014). As social workers, it is our job to help individuals of all socioeconomic backgrounds navigate through life’s most difficult challenges. It is our job to work collaboratively with individuals and communities and educate them on how to effectively combat social injustice and problems when they arise in the most effective way possible. As social workers our primary mission is to ameliorate social problems that affect our clients, families, and communities. As social workers, we have to consider the best way(s) to engage in community outreach. Engaging in the community allows us to become more knowledgeable about the current obstacles being faced by the community. We can advocate for these communities by spreading awareness of the problem and communicating with policymakers and non-profit advocacy groups to educate them and push for policy reform. Georgia's General Assembly defined the problem. The value being reflected by the definition of the problem is integrity. The initial objective of Georgia's government enactment of

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Social Problems with Georgia SB 2021 4 this law was to ensure that elections remained secure and fair and prevent voters from lacking confidence in the voting system like previously. However, what is omitted in the definition of the problem is how they can help to prepare and educate individuals in the community on the changes that have been made. To prepare and get acclimated to these changes voters must have a clear understanding of the voting requirements and how to make their vote(s) count. The populations impacted by this problem of stricter ID requirements are Black, Latino, and Asian individuals. When compared to Whites, Asians and Blacks were over 20% less likely to have a driver's license or any other form of identification, while Latinos were 13% less likely (Barreto, Nu˜no & Sanchez, 2007). It was found that “ about 3.5% of Georgia’s 7.8 million registered voters are missing a driver’s license or state ID number, according to records obtained from the secretary of state’s office under Georgia’s open records law” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2021). It was further analyzed by AJC that the state’s voters without identification compared with their registration information, including race, voting history, and address that more than half were blacks that lived in large, democratic-leaning counties, with some being homeless or poor (ACJ, 2021). Furthermore, it was found that higher-income areas of the state and counties with a larger percentage of white voters do not typically have this problem because when this group of people reaches the voting age, the majority of them have some kind of state-issued identification (ACJ, 2021). While analyzing this policy, I believe that minorities are not being considered. I believe that to make the voting process more inclusive the policy should consider minority groups by offering resources and assistance that guarantees all eligible voters to be able to cast their votes. After examining the policy I don’t see any strengths that are helping alleviate the problem. The strengths to alleviate this problem would be first, eliminating barriers in

Social Problems with Georgia SB 2021 5 connection to voting and voter registration. This would involve making voter registration more accessible and offering support to minority groups to ensure they have the required identification to vote. I believe that helping to alleviate these problems can pose a number of advantages to eligible voters. The limitation of the policy is that it fails to reflect on the social problem and skepticism of the government that hinders countless eligible citizens from casting their votes. The policy could be further modified to incorporate measures like expanding early voting opportunities and offering more resources and support to individuals with disabilities to improve voter accessibility and participation. This might involve offering free or discounted documents of identification, extending the voting time, and expanding the number of polling stations in underserved areas. Actions against unfair electoral procedures and voting suppression tactics may also be included in the policy.

Social Problems with Georgia SB 2021 6 References Askin, F. (2021, April 20). Georgia introduces new controversial voting laws . Marquette Wire. https://marquettewire.org/4054467/news/georgia-voting-laws/ Barreto, M. A., Nu˜no, S. A., & Sanchez, I. G. R. (2007, September 1). Voter ID requirements and the disenfranchisement of Latino, black and ... https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/legal-work/63836ceea55aa81e4f_hlm6bhkse%2 81%29.pdf Corasaniti, N., & Epstein, R. J. (2021, April 2). What Georgia’s voting law really does . The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/02/us/politics/georgia-voting-law-annotated.html#link-5b8d8 8b Georgia General Assembly. (2021). SB 202: Election Integrity Act of 2021 Links to an external site. https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/59827 Michailakis, D., & Schirmer, W. (2014, April 8). Social Work and social problems: A contribution ... - wiley online library. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/ijsw.12091 National Association of Social Workers. (2021). Code of Ethics: English. https://www.socialworkers.org/About/Ethics/Code-of-Ethics/Code-of-Ethis-English Niesse, M. (2021, June 1). Georgia absentee ID law has outsized impact on black and Metro voters . ajc.

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Social Problems with Georgia SB 2021 7 https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgia-absentee-id-law-has-outsized-impact-on-black-and-metro-v oters/ZFAZVG46EZEL5MUICUQI6SHQ44/ Reyes, R. (2021, August 22). Georgia's Election Integrity Act of 2021: How Strict Voter ID Requirements Negatively Impact People of Color — Columbia Undergraduate Law Review. Columbia Undergraduate Law Review. https://www.culawreview.org/journal/georgias-election-integrity-act-of-2021-how-strict-voter-id- requirements-negatively-impact-people-of-color Senate RPC. (2022, June 23). Myth v. Fact: Georgia's Election Integrity Act. https://www.rpc.senate.gov/policy-papers/myth-v-fact-georgias-election-integrity-act

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