Case Challenging Georgia Runoff Elections Dismissed
Today, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed one of the last remaining lawsuits challenging the 2021 Georgia Senate runoff elections.
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Today, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed one of the last remaining lawsuits challenging the 2021 Georgia Senate runoff elections.
The U.S. Senate Rules Committee held its first field hearing in 20 years on Monday, with senators and witnesses heading to Georgia to testify on the slate of Republican voter suppression efforts in the state and the necessity of federal action to protect voting rights.
The U.S. Senate Rules Committee will head to Georgia next month to hold their first field hearing in 20 years. The hearing will focus on “recently enacted legislation to restrict voting in the state and the need for basic federal standards to protect the freedom to vote.”
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that it is suing Georgia over provisions of its omnibus voter suppression law, Senate Bill 202.
A new study released Tuesday by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows that Black and urban voters in Georgia will be disproportionately impacted by new ID requirements under Georgia’s new voter suppression law, Senate Bill 202.
In a ruling on Friday, a judge agreed to unseal Fulton County’s absentee ballots, allowing an additional, unnecessary audit of Georgia’s most populous county to continue.
Republicans are targeting two Democratic lawmakers for distributing snacks to voters in line at the polls last year.
The New Georgia Project, Black Voters Matter Fund and RISE, Inc. have filed an amended complaint in the lawsuit they brought against Georgia’s Senate Bill 202 in late March.
A seventh lawsuit has been filed challenging Georgia’s voter suppression law, Senate Bill 202, which Gov. Brian Kemp (R) signed into law at the end of March.
Every two years, Georgia officials undertake mass voter purges as part of the Republican Legislature’s efforts to disenfranchise voters in the name of election security and administration.