From left, Bartow County Board of Elections and Voter Registration Chairperson Janet Queen and members Dexter Benning and Peggy Brown listen to the proceedings at their Feb. 9 meeting. Bartow County Election Supervisor Joseph Kirk makes a point during the Bartow County Board of Elections and Voter Registration’s Feb. 9 meeting. Bartow County Board of Elections and Voter Registration Chairperson Janet Queen makes a point at the board’s Feb. 9 meeting. Bartow County Board of Elections and Voter Registration member Peggy Brown looks on as member Dexter Benning asks a question during the Feb. 9 board meeting. Bartow County Board of Elections and Voter Registration at its Feb. 9 meeting heard a report about possible legislative action governing voting. Election Supervisor Joseph Kirk spoke briefly about the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, also known as the SAVE Act, at the federal level and how it would change voting. The original version of the SAVE Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives in April 2025, but stalled in the Senate. A new version of the bill was introduced in January 2026 in the House by Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Lindsay Graham (R-South Carolina). It passed the
