Stacey Abrams: Georgia officials 'grossly mismanaged' election system, says lawsuit backed by Democratic candidate

The constitutional rights of Georgia voters were violated this month by a system overseen by the man who won the governors’ race, a lawsuit backed by Stacey Abrams has claimed. The lawsuit filed by a group supporting the woman who narrowly lost the race to Republican Brian Kemp, claims the election’s conduct “deprived Georgia citizens, and particularly citizens of colour, of their fundamental right to vote”. While it does not seek to overturn the result, the lawsuit filed by the group Fair Fight Action, calls on the courts to stop state election officials cancelling voter registrations of those who have not voted in recent elections, guarantee adequate equipment to reduce the need to wait in line for hours, and to make use paper ballots to ensure the accuracy of elections.

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