Update from Fair Fight - org. founded by Stacey Abrams to fight for election integrity in GA
Yesterday, our lawyers were in federal court to advocate for the core promise of our democracy: the right to vote.
At the core of our litigation, we’ve made clear that Georgia’s Secretary of State and State Election Board have a responsibility to ensure Georgia’s elections are fair, uniform, and reliable. Yet, rather than carrying out their charge, Governor* Brian Kemp, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, and the State Election Board have engaged in tactics that privilege certain voters over others, echoing Georgia’s Jim Crow past.
Their misconduct undermined the core promise of a democratic election and violated the constitutional rights of Georgians, yet the state wants to abdicate their responsibility to voters.
The defendants claimed that we lack the standing to sue, that our suit should be directed towards local officials who do their best without support from the state or that we should seek recourse in the Georgia legislature. They claim that Georgia’s HB 316 fully addresses our complaint. Yesterday, we asked the court to do precisely what federal courts are empowered and entrusted to do: ensure elections comply with the United States Constitution and federal law.
In November, we launched Fair Fight in direct response to the rampant voter suppression and widespread election mismanagement that occurred in last year’s election and the decades-long neglect of the Georgia elections infrastructure. These tactics weren’t an accident. They were the legacy of decades of systemic disenfranchisement that left our voting system virtually guaranteed to fail.
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from press release 4/30/19 visit https://fairfightaction.com/ to contribute
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