US EditionFight over 2021 Georgia mass voter eligibility challenges heads to federal court | Chattanooga Times Free Press
- On May 13, 2025, a federal appellate panel in Atlanta reviewed arguments in a lawsuit concerning True the Vote's mass challenge of more than 385,000 voters in Georgia ahead of the 2021 runoff election.
- The case originated from claims made by Fair Fight, an organization founded by Stacey Abrams, accusing True the Vote of engaging in voter eligibility challenges that amounted to intimidation tactics prohibited under the Voting Rights Act.
- In January 2024, the district court determined that there was insufficient evidence to establish that True the Vote engaged in voter intimidation and criticized the group's voter list as unreliable and bordering on reckless; however, the appellate panel raised concerns about whether the court applied the appropriate standard for evaluating attempted intimidation.
- Judge Federico Moreno said the district court improperly merged attempt with actual intimidation, while Judge Adalberto Jordan called the voter lists unreliable and bordering on recklessness, signaling possible revival of the lawsuit.
- The appellate hearing could set important precedents on mass voter challenges and voter intimidation claims, affecting election practices and protections in Georgia and the broader Eleventh Circuit states.
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Denver Gazette
The Daily ItemAppeals court skeptical True the Vote’s voter challenges were not intimidation
ATLANTA — An appellate court seemed skeptical that a district court judge considered whether True the Vote was trying to intimidate voters with mass challenges following Georgia’s 2020 presidential election.
The Northern Virginia Daily
Federal appeals court may revive lawsuit against conservative group accused of voter intimidation
A federal appeals court appears inclined to revive a lawsuit accusing a conservative group of violating the Voting Rights Act when it announced it was challenging the eligibility of more than 360,000 Georgia voters. Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…
Appellate Court Takes Up Mass Voter Eligibility Challenges
ATLANTA — Oral arguments in a federal courtroom Tuesday over whether a Texas-based conservative group’s mass voter challenges in Georgia almost five years ago amounted to an attempt to intimidate minority voters boiled down to intent.
Federal appeals court may revive lawsuit against conservative group for voter intimidation
A federal appeals court appears inclined to revive a lawsuit accusing a conservative group of violating the Voting Rights Act when it announced it was challenging the eligibility of more than 360,000 Georgia voters
Federal appeals court to decide the fate of Georgia voting rights lawsuit
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals is deciding whether to uphold a lower court ruling that found a conservative voting organization did not violate the voting rights act when it challenged over 360,000 Georgia voter registrations in 2021.
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