Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger slammed a move by the Justice Department on Friday to challenge his state’s new voting law in court, expressing confidence that the Biden administration will fail in its effort to change Georgia’s elections.
“It’s absolutely partisan,” Raffensperger told the Washington Examiner on Friday. “We’re very confident that we will prevail against this progressive wing of the Department of Justice.”
The Justice Department brought the lawsuit under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, which prevents any voting procedure from discriminating against people of color. Justice officials argued the Georgia law, known as S.B. 202, was written specifically to prevent minorities from casting their ballots.
Raffensperger said he did not agree with the Justice Department’s characterization of the intent of the law nor the complaints against specific provisions within it that the agency is seeking to invalidate.
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