The Republican National Committee (RNC) and National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) will intervene in the Biden administration’s lawsuit against a popular election reform law Georgia adopted earlier this year, the leaders of two of the organizational and fundraising arms of the Republican Party said July 8. The government lawsuit in which they plan to participate was filed June 25 in federal court in Atlanta. The legal complaint alleges several provisions of the Georgia statute called the Election Integrity Act are racially discriminatory and calculated to suppress black voter turnout. President Joe Biden and other Democrats have at times used inflammatory rhetoric, likening the statute to Jim Crow-era segregation laws. “The right of all eligible citizens to vote is the central pillar of our democracy, the right from which all other rights ultimately flow,” U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said at the time. “This lawsuit is the first step of many we …
Republican Committees to Intervene in DOJ Lawsuit Challenging Georgia Election Law
July 8, 2021
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