Attorney General Pam Bondi has directed the Department of Justice to drop a lawsuit against Georgia that has been accused of targeting Black voters.
Concretely, the law added restrictions to ballot dropbox locations and shortened absentee ballot request times. Rawstory reported that the changes were implemented after Black voters began making more use of these resources in the 2020 election.
A year later Joe Biden Attorney General Merrick Garland sued the state, claiming the law was "enacted with the purpose of denying or abridging the right of Black Georgians to vote on account of their race or color in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act."
Bondi, in contrast, said the lawsuit made "false claims of suppression." "Georgians deserve secure elections, not fabricated claims of false voter suppression meant to divide us, the attorney general added.
"Contrary to the Biden Administration's false claims of suppression, Black voter turnout actually increased under SB 202." The DOJ added in a statement that the Biden administration "fabricated an untrue narrative following the passage" of the bill, and accused "some mainstream media outlets and corporate allies of the Biden Administration fueled this falsehood, demonizing Georgians for political gain and triggering boycotts," including the relocation of the MLB 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta.
Actually, the statement said, the law's "commonsense reforms," including "photo ID for all voting, strengthened absentee ballot procedures, and rapid reporting of results," boosted a record voter turnout, including among Black Georgians, the document adds.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, praised Bondi's decision: "Our commitment has always been to ensure fair and secure elections for every Georgian, despite losing an All-Star game and the left's boycott of Georgia as a result of common sense election law."
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