Georgia will be counted quickly on election night

[GeorgiaModerate]

The situation is more complex than the NBC story makes it sound.  Here is the full text of the new bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/229370.  The change in question requires the results of absentees received by Monday (i.e. the day before the election) to be reported within an hour after the polls close.  Absentees can still be received up until poll closing time on Election Day (or even later, for military/overseas voters) and they will be counted, but they're not included in the above requirement.

[GeorgiaModerate]

The situation is more complex than the NBC story makes it sound.  Here is the full text of the new bill: https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20232024/229370.  The change in question requires the results of absentees received by Monday (i.e. the day before the election) to be reported within an hour after the polls close.  Absentees can still be received up until poll closing time on Election Day (or even later, for military/overseas voters) and they will be counted, but they're not included in the above requirement.

Does GA allow Election Day drop offs?

AZ basically already does the above (1 hour after polls close, they drop all the early vote from right before EDay)…the confounding factor is that we allow people to drop their mail ballots off in person up to polls closing, and then those take forever to process vs. just voting in person.

I believe the following is true, but it's from memory so I won't guarantee it.

You can drop off an absentee ballot in an official dropbox or at a county's election office until polls close on Election Day.  But you can't drop off a filled-out absentee at a regular polling location; I think the poll workers will spoil that ballot and have you vote in person on a machine instead.