2 Elections Groups Fight Out Voter Intimidation Charges in Court

A voter rights advocacy group is suing an election integrity group, claiming its 2020 questioning of registered voters was designed to intimidate minorities.

Gwinnett County election workers look over absentee and provisional ballots at the Gwinnett Voter Registrations and Elections office in Lawrenceville, Ga., on Nov. 6, 2020. Jessica McGowan/Getty Images

GAINESVILLE, Ga.—In the small town of Gainesville, just outside Atlanta, two powerful election advocacy groups are duking it out in court in a case with widespread implications in the voting rights versus election integrity controversy.

Fair Fight, founded by two-time Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, sued True the Vote, an election integrity group that questioned absentee ballot procedures in 2020, which hinged on Georgia’s disputed tally.