Gathering Stories of Voter Suppression, Stacey Abrams Weighs Unprecedented Challenge Alleging Misconduct by GOP

In her fight to ensure every Georgia voter’s voice is heard after a campaign marred by rampant voter suppression, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is preparing an unprecedented legal challenge in which a court may hear directly from voters about their experiences trying to cast ballots on Election Day.

 The Abrams campaign has not said whether it will definitely pursue the challenge, but evidence is being gathered so the team can do so within five days of election certification, as required by Georgia law.

Invoking a statute that has never before been used in a major election in the state, Abrams’ team is collecting evidence from across the state that her Republican opponent, Brian Kemp, was behind “misconduct, fraud, or irregularities…sufficient to change or place in doubt the results.”

Kemp, who until last Thursday was Georgia’s secretary of state and in charge of overseeing its elections, declared himself the winner on November 6, but Abrams has yet to concede the race. She and political observers across the country have argued for months that there is more than enough evidence that Kemp committed gross misconduct.