Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has asked the U.S. attorney general to drop the federal lawsuit against the state’s election-reform law, litigation that commenced during the Biden administration.
In Raffensperger’s letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi, sent late Wednesday, Georgia’s secretary of state said that voting in the state increased to record levels after the law passed.
Senate Bill 202, which Raffensperger advocated for and Gov. Brian Kemp signed in 2021, expands voter ID requirements to mail-in voting, puts restrictions on ballot harvesting, and codifies ballot drop boxes.
Democrats routinely called the Georgia law “Jim Crow 2.0,” while President Joe Biden dubbed it “Jim Eagle.” Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, who leads the liberal political action committee Fair Fight Action, also opposed the…
