Opposition to Georgia voting law looking more and more suspect

The anger far outweighs what they claim to be angry about

But now, Georgia Democrats’ biggest crusade is against SB 202, which will, among other things, reduce the time frame in which voters can request absentee ballots, requires an ID number or photocopy of an ID to request and return ballots, shortens the runoff period (which subsequently shortens the early voting window) — and prohibits anyone but poll workers from distributing water to voters waiting in line.

- First the claimed the law  reduced the election day voting hours. That was a lie. 

- Then they argued that the law made it a crime to bring water for the people in line. A lie.

So now they appear to be focusing their energies on mundane issues like having the time to request an absentee ballot dropped down to just over 11 weeks (which seems reasonable enough) or the requirement that a voter supply proof of ID as a requirement to use the absentee ballot process, which is something you would have to do in Georgia if you voted in person. And let's be serious, how is it "racist" for Georgia to reduce the time between the general election and run-off elections? It's the same two people running again for the same office who both just ran campaigns that were probably months long. Interestingly, Georgia is introducing ranked voting for overseas and military ballots, and those ballots will automatically be used for the run-offs. The logical next step in that process is to allow everyone access to the same sort of ballot that can be used in both the general and run-off election.

I mean seriously, not allowing someone to request an absentee ballot in August is racist? Is there something that I don't know about that does not allow minorities enough time to fill out a ballot of they have to wait till September to request a ballot that needs to be returned in November? Georgia still allows no-excuse absentee ballots which puts them ahead of many other states that do not even offer absentee ballots in general. Not sure what the "racism" is there.

Moreover, if you need to present an ID to vote in person in Georgia, why would that requirement not be present when you fill out an absentee ballot? A good question that can probably be answered by the recent court cases surrounding executive orders that basically reduced if not totally ignored the need to check an absentee ballot signature against those on-line. If Governors are going around telling poll workers to ignore signature matching (as being too tedious during a pandemic) then perhaps the manual issue of comparing signatures should be replaced with something simpler and more objective, like proof of Identification. Again, you cannot vote in person without ID, why should absentee voting provide a loophole to that requirement. 

Restricting the time for run-offs? Seriously? Even with the new laws, the run-offs will offer a longer early voting period than many states do for their general election. This should not burden anyone, much less overburden minorities. 

I am not even going to address the laughable idea that we need to feel sorry for political advocacy groups who are having their loop-hole closed as it pertains to violating the Federal laws of handing out gifts or campaigning at polling stations. 

Bottom line: When you are reduced to complaining about nearly three months not being enough time to request an absentee ballot, having to follow the same ID requirements to vote absentee as you would to vote in person, having less time between a General and Runoff election, or the fact that political advocacy groups will be banned from handing out anything of value to people standing in line, then you are pretty much grasping at straws.  Those who claim to be upset about these features in the law are either misinformed, blatantly partisan, or virtue signaling. As described in a previous thread, there are things that Democrats are upset about. But it really isn't what they claim it to be.