Justice Department drops legal challenge against Georgia election law
Why was the lawsuit dismissed?
The suit, launched in 2021, accused voter suppression. Bondi labelled the accusations as «false,» while the officials in Georgia were jubilant over the ruling as a triumph for election security, as quoted in a report by the AP.
On Monday, Pam Bondi directed the Justice Department to drop a lawsuit that contested a comprehensive election reform passed by Georgia Republicans following the state's loss to President Donald Trump in 2020.
Former President Joe Biden filed the lawsuit in June 2021, alleging that the Georgia law was designed to deny Black voters equal access to the voting booth. The Biden administration, according to Bondi, was promoting «false claims of suppression.»
«Instead of false accusations of voter suppression intended to sow discord, Georgians deserve safe elections,» she stated.
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After Donald Trump lost his reelection bid to Biden, he claimed without proof that voter fraud cost him the election.
This law was part of a wave of Republican-backed measures that tightened voting laws. Following Republican Governor Brian Kemp's signing of the law in March 2021, the CEOs of Coca-Cola and Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines expressed their disapproval, and Major League Baseball's commissioner decided to move that year's All-Star Game from Atlanta's Truist Park. The fallout was immediate, as per a report by the AP.
What are critics saying?
The Justice Department lawsuit was sharply criticized when it was filed by Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, both Republicans who angered Donald Trump by refusing to assist in overturning his 2020 election loss in Georgia.
Raffensperger referred to Bondi's declaration as «a significant win for Georgia voters» on