The Georgia Senate has passed a bill to change the state flower from the Cherokee rose to the sweetbay magnolia.
The sweetbay magnolia is native to Georgia, while the Cherokee rose is not.
“The Cherokee Rose was adopted as the state flower in 1916 under the incorrect assumption that it was native to the state and also a legacy of the Cherokee people,” Rep. Deborah Silcox, who carried the bill in the House, said. “It is neither.”
“While the Cherokee Rose is not sold or encouraged as a landscaping plant because of its invasive tendencies, the Sweetbay Magnolia is widely available and can be planted in all regions of the state,” the Georgia Native Plant Society said, reported WRDW.
The vote comes on the heels of the legislature refusing to vote for paper ballots for the November election. Georgia is well known for its corrupt elections that are influenced by voting machines, dirty voter rolls, and illegal immigrants.
Georgia senators shot down a bill that would have switched the state’s voting method to paper ballots filled out by hand before this November’s elections.
The bill’s defeat sets up a scramble for Georgia lawmakers to find a way to remove computer QR codes from ballots this year, as required by a state law passed two years ago, reported WABE.
The Senate voted 27-21 on the bill, two votes short of the majority needed for legislation to pass in the 56-member Senate. Seven senators skipped the vote following warnings of election “chaos” if it passed.
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