When she ended her first bid to become Georgia governor, she said she would file a lawsuit over the way the elections were managed. The lawsuit is going to trial as she makes another run at the mansion. The suit was filed in November by the Fair Fight Action organization, which alleged that state officials mishandled the election and deprived low-income people and people of color of their right to vote. The scope of the lawsuit was narrowed after the state made changes that addressed some allegations and others were dismissed. The trial is going to start on Monday. It's not clear if the elections will be affected by the case of the U.S. District Judge Steve Jones. Jones and other federal judges have been reluctant to order last-minute changes, noting that the Supreme Court has repeatedly said federal judges shouldn't alter rules on the eve of an election. In the months before the election, Brian Kemp, the Republican who was the Secretary of State at the time, was accused of using his position to suppress voter turnout. Since that fiercely fought contest captured national attention, the focus of Georgia's elections has only intensified. Problems during the primary were criticized. Donald Trump insulted state officials who refused to overturn his narrow general election loss. In January 2021, the nation watched closely as a pair of Democrats ousted the state's two incumbent Republican senators. Several GOP-led state legislatures passed election bills last year after Trump made false claims about widespread fraud. One of the broadest bills Kemp signed into law was from Georgia. The state's measure reduced the window to request an Absentee ballot, stripped power from the secretary of state, and sharply limited the use of Absentee ballot drop boxes in populous and Democratic-voting metro Atlanta counties. Voting rights groups and the U.S. Department of Justice sued each other. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation was given the power to investigate alleged election wrongdoing by the Republicans. When she ran four years ago, she was little known outside Georgia, but now she is a household name and Democratic Party star. She will face Kemp again in November if he doesn't get a primary challenge from Perdue. Georgia's Secretary of State accusedAbrams and her allies of trying to undermine the integrity of Georgia's elections. He said that the campaign has been nothing more than a political stunt to keep her in the national spotlight. Since its founding, Fair Fight has raised more than $100 million for progressive candidates, and it works to promote voting rights and support progressive candidates around the country. The lawsuit was filed with Care in Action. Several churches have joined the lawsuit. People who said they had problems voting were collected by Fair Fight. The state's policy to purge eligible voters from voter rolls under the "use it or lose it" policy is one of the problems cited in the lawsuit. Georgia's elections processes violated the U.S. Constitution and federal law according to the request. Since the start of this lawsuit, we have highlighted real voters and their challenges because we believe that is one of the most effective ways to demonstrate the barriers in Georgia's elections system. Voters from around the state will testify at the trial about how difficult it is to vote. Changes in state law addressed some of the problems. The state's outdated voting machines need to be replaced. The new system was put in place in 2020. Jones threw out parts of the lawsuit because of changes in state law or lack of standing. Some of the claims were about voting machines and election technology, as well as the security of voter lists and polling place issues. Jones dismissed the claims of inadequate training of poll workers and the policy of using it or lose it. He dismissed some of the claims. The issues remaining for the trial are theexact match, statewide voter registration list, and in-person cancellation ofAbsentee ballots. The Voting Rights Act of 1965, as well as the U.S. Constitution, are being violated by Georgia's secretary of state and State Election Board members. Information from voter registration applications is checked against information held by the state Department of Driver Services or the federal Social Security Administration. If there is a discrepancy, the would-be voter must show identification to the county officials. Data entry errors can cause a non-match and naturalized citizens can also be wrongly flagged if records are outdated. People of color are disproportionately affected by these problems and can depend on where they live. The statewide voter registration database is error-ridden and causes the incorrect deletion of eligible voters. That can prevent eligible voters from being able to cast a ballot. If someone chooses to vote in person instead of using an Absentee ballot, they can be turned away or forced to cast a provisional ballot. The number, geographic scope and severity of the alleged problems experienced by voters are not supported by the evidence. They argue that the state officials named in the lawsuit are not responsible for the problems cited. John Heilemann talks with Nicolle Wallace, host of Deadline: White House on MSNBC, about the January 6th committee and Liz Cheney's battle against authoritarianism in the Republican Party. Globalization and globalists have become dirty words to some politicians. What is at stake if the U.S. tries to furtherisolated itself from the rest of the world? Zelenskiy sees a new war front, the economy is Devastated, and we might not even know it. 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