A coalition of advocacy groups launched a lawsuit on October
11, 2018 to “block Georgia from enforcing a practice critics say endangers the
votes of more than 50,000 people in [the upcoming election] and potentially
larger numbers heading into the 2020 presidential election cycle.”[i]
Kemp was at the time Georgia’s Secretary of State, which means he had
considerable discretion concerning how the election would be run. The conflict
of interest lies in the fact that he was running for governor—interestingly against
Stacey Abrams, a candidate who had been a voter-rights lawyer! I submit that
such a conflict of interest should never have been permitted.
The full essay is at "Georgia's Conflict of Interest."
[i]
Gregory Krieg, “Civil
Rights Groups sue Georgia Republican Brian Kemp over 53,000 ‘Pending’ Voter
Registrations,” CNN.com (accessed October 12, 2018).
