A record number of people voted early in Georgia's primary elections before polls opened on Tuesday, undermining accusations leveled by President Biden and other critics that Republicans in Georgia suppressed votes through a controversial election reform law passed last year.
News of the surge in early voting came as two of the most prominent Georgia Republican backers of the voting law - Gov. Brian Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger - prepared to face off in high-profile primaries against challengers endorsed by former President Trump, who also supported the law but argued the incumbents didn't do enough to expose election fraud in the 2020 election.
The state has required a voter to show a government-issued photo ID when voting in person since 2008.
Stacey Abrams, for example, accused the law's authors of "Reviving Georgia's dark past of racist voting laws." Her group Fair Fight Action Inc. has taken legal action against Georgia Republicans' voter integrity rules, saying they violate the U.S. Constitution and the Voting Rights Act.
Abrams' campaign manager, Lauren Groh-Wargo, released a memo on Sunday chastising those who attributed the high turnout to the voting law, saying their "Narratives are false, illogical, and self-serving." "Modern-day voter suppression and voter turnout are not correlated," the memo read. Groh-Wargo and other left-wing voter mobilization activists have instead credited concerted Democratic get-out-the-vote efforts for the high turnout, arguing Democrats have worked hard to help voters overcome new GOP-created rules and restrictions.
"Now, record early voting turnout has proved what I said from the beginning: Georgia's Election Integrity Act struck a good balance between access and security." Kemp similarly called out Democratic critics of the election law.
Proponents say the practice is important to ensure voters who don't have easy access to outgoing mail or need extra help to get their ballots delivered can have their votes counted.
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Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Georgia sees record early voting turnout despite voter suppression claims
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