{"id":1667951,"date":"2022-10-01T10:34:55","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T14:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1667951"},"modified":"2022-10-01T10:35:07","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T14:35:07","slug":"judge-throws-out-lawsuit-by-stacey-abramss-pac-over-2018-georgia-governors-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-throws-out-lawsuit-by-stacey-abramss-pac-over-2018-georgia-governors-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Throws Out Lawsuit by Stacey Abrams\u2019s PAC Over 2018 Georgia Governor\u2019s Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-throws-out-lawsuit-by-stacey-abramss-pac-over-2018-georgia-governors-election%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1667951&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A federal judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit filed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-stacey-abrams\">Stacey Abrams<\/a> challenging <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-georgia\">Georgia<\/a>\u2019s election system after she lost the 2018 gubernatorial race to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit, which\u00a0sought to change how the state administers elections, was filed around four years ago by Fair Fight Georgia, a political action committee established by Abrams after her election defeat. Earlier this year, the judge pared down the lawsuit by dismissing many of its original complaints.<\/p>\n<p>Abrams alleged \u201cmisconduct, fraud or irregularities\u201d in the voting process. She took legal action to stop counties from throwing out some rejected provisional and absentee ballots when\u00a0updated vote totals affirmed Kemp was the likely winner.<\/p>\n<p>When she eventually conceded on Nov. 16, 2018, Abrams vowed to take legal action to continue fighting the outcome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough Georgia\u2019s election system is not perfect, the challenged practices violate neither the constitution nor the [Voting Rights Amendment],\u201d\u00a0U.S. District Judge Steven Jones said in his ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who was the lead defendant in the case, hailed the ruling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis ruling allows local officials to focus on the task at hand this year\u2014running a safe, secure, and accessible election,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GaSecofState\/status\/1576009403907833856?s=20&amp;t=zP6lA8fGIN07EIsRIvYD7w\">said<\/a> on Twitter. \u201cStolen election and voter suppression claims by Stacey Abrams were nothing but poll-tested rhetoric not supported by facts and evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> Response <\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Friday, Abrams said despite the loss, the case\u00a0\u201chad measurable results,\u201d including \u201cthe reinstatement of over 22,000 ballots, substantive changes to voting laws, and a platform for voters of color to demand greater equity in our state.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring this suit, more than 3,000 voters shared their stories, creating an unprecedented and lasting record of voter testimony, which highlighted the suppressive effects of the Secretary of State\u2019s actions on vulnerable voters,\u201d she said on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Abrams vowed to \u201cexpand the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge on Friday threw out a lawsuit filed by Stacey Abrams challenging Georgia\u2019s election system after she lost the 2018 gubernatorial race to Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. The lawsuit, which\u00a0sought to change how the state administers elections, was filed around four years ago by Fair Fight Georgia, a political action committee established by [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":618,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1667951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/618"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1667951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1667951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1667951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1667951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1667951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}