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A federal court struck down a lawsuit backed by the Biden administration which claimed Georgia’s new election integrity laws are discriminatory towards black voters.
Judge J.P. Boulee issued the ruling for the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on Wednesday. According to The Federalist, Judge Boulee said that the Biden administration and other Democratic groups “failed to show a substantial likelihood of success on the merits as to their claims that the provisions intentionally discriminate against black voters in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, Fifteenth Amendment and Section 2 of the [Voting Rights Act].”
In other words, the Democrat Party claims that election integrity laws are racist have been found to hold no merit.
In March 2021, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) signed Senate Bill 202 into law which aims to protect the sanctity of Georgia elections. The bill, also known as the Election Integrity Act, mandates voter ID for absentee voting, bans ballot harvesting, increases security at ballot drop boxes, tightens the timeframe in which absentee voters can request a ballot, and increases regulations around provisional ballots.
The bill also places restrictions on campaign activities and public opinion polling within the vicinity of a polling place. For example, voters can not receive gifts or money within 150 feet of a polling location.
Democrats claimed in their lawsuit against Georgia’s Republican lawmakers that the aforementioned laws discriminate against black voters on purpose. The suit argues that the voter ID requirement in the law, which applies to absentee voting, “disproportionately impacts black voters” because a higher proportion of black voters than white voters lack a valid ID, and the majority of registered Georgia voters do not possess a valid driver’s license or identification card.