Georgia voter suppression lawsuit. Georgias absentee ballot law will have a disproportionate effect on minority voters according to the lawsuit. Georgia a state with a recent history of voter suppression is being sued over a new absentee ballot law that plaintiffs argue could disenfranchise thousands of georgia voters. Voter suppression intimidation and misinformation are at the heart of donald trumps 2020 campaign.
For that reason the lawsuit alleges the commission needs to review not only financial records but communications between the various organizations including the new georgia voter project and. Georgias recent history with voter disenfranchisement has been a messy one. The law is being challenged with a lawsuitfiled wednesday by the democratic party of georgia the democratic congressional campaign committee and the democratic senatorial campaign committee.
The rnc has so far filed lawsuits in more than a dozen states including the battlegrounds. They also now have a playbook to disrupt the 2020 election and scream voter suppression. The 2018 gubernatorial election was fraught with allegations of foul play directed at now governor brian kemp who was.
Deadlines for people to register to vote have long been an accepted part of american elections and arent typically mentioned alongside voter id laws and purges which democrats contend are voter suppression tactics. You can read more on why voter fraud is largely a myth here. Many voter suppression laws are passed citing the need to tackle election fraud however a 2014 study found only 31 cases of fraud between 2000 2014 out of one billion votes.