After a tight race in which Republican Brian Kemp retained enough of a lead to avoid an automatic runoff, the Georgia governorship is coming down to legal strategy. And the camp of Democrat Stacey Abrams is preparing a challenge that would use a state law never before applied at this level of electoral politics, according to the Associated Press. Abrams would request a new vote based on “misconduct, fraud or irregularities … sufficient to change or place in doubt the results” because of voter suppression.
The campaign’s legal team is “considering all options,” according to chairwoman Allegra Lawrence-Hardy, a lawyer who worked on the 2000 presidential election dispute in Florida between Bush and Gore. Almost three dozen lawyers are taking affidavits from people claiming to have been prevented from voting and preparing a court petition.
