Judge Throws Out Lawsuit by Stacey Abrams’s PAC Over 2018 Georgia Governors Election
October 3, 2022 | Georgia
A federal judge threw out a lawsuit on Sept. 30 filed by Stacey Abrams challenging Georgia’s election system after she lost the 2018 gubernatorial race to Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.
The lawsuit, which sought to change how the state administers elections, was filed about four years ago by Fair Fight Georgia, a political action committee established by Abrams after her election defeat. Earlier this year, the judge pared the lawsuit by dismissing many of its original complaints.
Abrams alleged that there was “misconduct, fraud, or irregularities” in the voting process. She took legal action to stop counties from throwing out some rejected provisional and absentee ballots when updated vote totals affirmed that Kemp, a Republican, was the likely winner.
When she eventually conceded on Nov. 16, 2018, Abrams vowed to take legal action to continue fighting the outcome.
“Although Georgia’s election system is not perfect, the challenged practices violate neither the constitution nor the [Voting Rights Amendment],” U.S. District Judge Steven Jones said in his ruling…. (Excerpt from The Epoch Times)
