Groups claiming to be voting rights advocates are opposing measures to ensure election integrity, causing chaos in key battleground states.
Fair Fight, a group founded by election denier Stacey Abrams, is running ads in Atlanta pressuring Gov. Brian Kemp (R-Ga.) to remove three “MAGA extremist” members of the Georgia State Election Board, a step Kemp may not have the legal authority to take.
The ad, which aired on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News, encourages voters to hit the phone lines demanding that Governor Kemp remove three Republican board members who have pushed election integrity measures that many Democrats have deemed election interference.
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Fair Fight and other left-leaning groups have opposed the commission's actions to increase election integrity, such as requiring county election officials to conduct “reasonable investigations” before certifying election results to the state.
National and state Democratic lawmakers recently sued the commission, arguing that the certification rules could cause confusion and slow the process. Additionally, state Assemblywoman Nabilah Islam-Parks filed an ethics complaint against the commission, alleging that the new rules were passed to help Trump win, along with complaints that the three violated open meetings laws.
Kemp has filed an ethics complaint with the Georgia Attorney General, who also asked whether Kemp, as governor, has the authority to remove members of the board.
Trump has praised the committee's work and called the three Republicans — Janice Johnston, Rick Jeffers and Janelle King — “pit bulls” at a recent campaign rally. The five-member committee, which includes one Republican and one Democrat, often takes on the trio.
The former president and Kemp have recently repaired their sometimes strained relationship and publicly praised each other.
By pressuring Kemp to oppose the committee and its work, even if the election integrity measures are upheld, supporters of the ad may be hoping to sever new ties between the two parties and deal a blow to Trump in key battleground states.
Kemp's powerful political organization is working to get Georgia lawmakers to vote for his preferred candidate, an effort that is likely to work in Trump's favor if a recent truce between the two men holds.
The three who voted in favor of the new rules pushed back against criticism, arguing that certification of election results requires basic verification, not just a formal signature. They say the rules are intended to increase transparency and voter confidence.
Abrams' Fair Fight has opposed additional election integrity measures in Georgia, and in 2021 a federal judge blocked the group's efforts to thwart organizations that exist to thwart voter fraud by challenging the eligibility of voters whose names appear in a change-of-address database maintained by the U.S. Postal Service.
Abrams also used her Fair Fight affiliate to file a lawsuit alleging voter suppression in the 2018 election against Kemp. A judge ruled against Abrams in 2022.
At the time of the verdict, Kemp said Abrams “has used this case from day one to enrich herself, sow distrust in our democratic institutions, and build a reputation for herself.”
Bradley Jay is Capitol Hill correspondent for Breitbart News. Follow him on X/Twitter. Translator.
