ATLANTA – When a conservative organization announced plans this month to launch an election integrity operation in Georgia, the group’s news release included a high-profile name: the chairman of the state’s Republican Party.
Less than a week later, the same group announced plans to challenge the eligibility of hundreds of thousands of Georgia voters.
To Democrats in the state and voting rights advocates, it was verification of what they have long argued — that the Georgia GOP is supporting efforts to suppress voting in one of the nation’s newest political battlegrounds.
It also raised questions about the legality of any coordination between the state party and the group True the Vote, charges the organization’s founder disputes.