A federal judge will soon decide whether a conservative group is intimidating voters in Georgia by challenging voters’ eligibility in large numbers.
U.S. District Court Judge Steve Jones with the Northern District of Georgia is expected to make a ruling in the coming days after this week’s conclusion of a trial for a lawsuit filed by voting rights group Fair Fight against True the Vote organization that in the aftermath of the 2021 U.S. Senate runoff led the charge to question whether more than 364,000 registered voters were eligible to cast ballots.
Mass voter challenges increased sharply following of the 2020 presidential election in which former President Donald Trump’s losses to Democrat Joe Biden included defeats in swing states like Georgia and Michigan.
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