Ga. elections chief wants federal suit dropped over voting laws
ATLANTA, Ga. - Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger made a formal request Wednesday to new U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to dismiss a Biden istration lawsuit against the state over its voting laws.
Senate Bill 202 was ed by Georgia lawmakers in 2021 after the contentious 2020 general presidential election, an election that saw Joe Biden carry Georgia over Donald Trump.
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The law changed the deadlines to request mail-in ballots; required voters to include ID numbers like a driver’s license number on both their application for a mail-in ballot and their completed ballot; and limited the number of drop boxes in each county.
Then-President Biden labeled the new Georgia as “Jim Crow 2.0,” and protests from unsuccessful Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams and others eventually resulted in Major League Baseball’s decision to withdraw the 2022 All-Star Game from Atlanta.
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U.S. v. Georgia was filed by the U.S. Justice Department over the law.
Since then, however, and despite no changes in the law, Georgia voters turned out in record-breaking numbers in the 2022 and 2024 elections.
Raffensperger is pointing to a 2022 University of Georgia poll that found that 99% of voters reported no issues casting their ballots, and a follow-up poll in 2024 reflected a high satisfaction rate, with 98% of voters experiencing no problems at the polls.
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Raffensperger also said Georgia has seen reduced wait times at polling places, enhanced absentee ballot processes and increased voter confidence.
“The Biden istration and Stacey Abrams created a false narrative regarding Georgia’s elections,” said Raffensperger, rumored to be a 2026 gubernatorial candidate. “The Justice Department should never be leveraged for political purposes, and I hope Attorney General Bondi will us in ending this frivolous lawsuit against Georgia, and release documents exposing the coordination between the Biden DOJ and the liberal left.”
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