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As Trump targets elections, states fight back in court
Since President Donald Trump’s return to office, elections have been a priority for his administration.
The FBI raid of an election warehouse in Fulton County, Georgia, seizing 2020 ballots. The Department of Justice demanding voter registration lists and other information from all states. Mail-in ballots at risk of not being postmarked. Trump’s threat of a federal takeover of state elections.
Trump has continued to push false claims that the 2020 election was stolen. The DOJ sued 21 states plus the District of Columbia in an attempt to gain access to state voter rolls.
But in Georgia and across the states, election officials and lawyers are trying to prevent the Trump administration from succeeding.
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