Judge rules True the Vote's mass voter challenges in Georgia are not illegal voter intimidation

Fulton County Georgia elections workers process absentee ballots for the Senate runoff election in Atlanta on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

This story was updated at 7:27 p.m.

A federal judge has found that the conservative group True the Vote did not illegally intimidate voters when they helped challenge the eligibility of tens of thousands of Georgia voters.

The federal Voting Rights Act prohibits efforts to intimidate, threaten or coerce anyone against voting.