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Republican Committees to Intervene in DOJ Lawsuit Challenging Georgia Election Law

Republican Committees to Intervene in DOJ Lawsuit Challenging Georgia Election Law
Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel speaks during a press conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters in Washington on Nov. 9, 2020. Samuel Corum/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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The Republican National Committee (RNC) and National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) will intervene in the Biden administration’s lawsuit against a popular election reform law Georgia adopted earlier this year, the leaders of two of the organizational and fundraising arms of the Republican Party said on July 8.

The government lawsuit in which they plan to participate was filed on June 25 in federal court in Atlanta. The legal complaint alleges that several provisions of the Georgia statute, known as the Election Integrity Act, are racially discriminatory and calculated to suppress black voter turnout. President Joe Biden and other Democrats have, at times, used inflammatory rhetoric, likening the statute to Jim Crow-era segregation laws.