“Georgia’s new voting law “makes it a JAIL-TIME CRIME to drop off grandma’s absentee ballot in a dropbox.” truefalse”
Social media posts
Claim dated 29 Mar 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
One section of the bill states that it is a felony to take someone’s ballot and deliver it to election officials, unless you fall under a long list of exceptions including submitting the ballot for a grandparent.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 29 March 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 30 March 2021, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
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