U.S. District Judge Steve Jones has ordered Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp to come in and answer questions about his statements on minority voter registration, and his handling of the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election investigations.
Kemp made a very off-putting statement while campaigning for former Governor Nathan Deal back in 2014, and Judge Jones wants to know exactly what he meant by it.
“You know the Democrats are working hard, and all these stories about them, you know, registering all these minority voters that are out there and others that are sitting on the sidelines, if they can do that, they can win these elections in November. But we’ve got to do the exact same thing,” Kemp said to a Republican crowd in Gwinnett.
At the time, Kemp was Georgia's Secretary of State making him the state's chief election official, a position he didn't resign from until a day after he won the 2018 gubernatorial race. Many Georgia citizens questioned how Kemp could be both a candidate and the referee in this election, including his opponent Stacey Abrams.
Judge Jones would also like to know if Gov. Kemp and other election officials appropriately and effectively investigated 2018 voter complaints. The Fair Fight Action group, who have officially filed a lawsuit against Gov. Kemp, are asking the courts to question why some county election officials were not sanctioned for clear violations of voting laws, and if complaints of voter purges, absentee ballot cancellations and precinct closures were actually investigated.
Kemp’s deposition must be completed by Jan. 10.
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