Georgia Secretary of State Predicts DOJ Lawsuit Will Further ‘Destroy Voter Confidence’

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Al Herring holds a placard as opposing groups of demonstrators attend a gathering outside the Georgia State Capitol to protest HB 531, which would place tougher restrictions on voting, in Atlanta, Ga., March 8, 2021.

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The Department of Justice lawsuit challenging Georgia’s allegedly discriminatory election integrity law will only exacerbate the public’s lack of confidence in the voting system, Georgia secretary of state Brad Raffensperger told National Review Friday.

The lawsuit, announced by Attorney General Merrick Garland Friday morning, alleges that Georgia’s voting law, signed by Republican governor Brian Kemp in April, discriminates against the state’s black voters — an argument Raffensperger called “offensive.”

Isaac Schorr

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Isaac Schorr is an editor at Mediaite and a 2023–2024 Robert Novak Journalism Fellow at the Fund for American Studies.

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