Fair Fight Action

Fair Fight Action is an organization created by Stacey Abrams to address voter suppression, especially in the states of Georgia and Texas.[1] It was founded in 2018.[2]

Origins
Stacey Abrams in 2018

Stacey Abrams had long been involved with the Democratic Party and had served as a Democratic leader in the Georgia House of Representatives.[3] In 2018 Stacy Abrams ran for Governor of Georgia against Brian Kemp.[4] This race received national attention for irregularities in voter access to the ballot. Kemp was serving as Secretary of State during this race which led to accusations that he was biased against minority voters.[5] In the aftermath of her loss to Kemp, Abrams established Fair Fight Action, "after witnessing the gross mismanagement of the 2018 election by the Secretary of State's office."[6] Abrams decided not to run for president and instead commit to this interest group in the 2020 election.[7]

Goals

Fair Fight Action aims to make sure elections in Georgia are more equitable, increase voter registration and ensure all votes are accurately counted.[8] They also want to make absentee ballots more consistent and make sure provisional ballots are accurately counted.[3] Abrams has stated she will, "...use my energies and my very loud voice to raise the money we need to train those across the country in our 20 battleground states..."[9]

Fair Fight Action is currently suing the state of Georgia's secretary of state office over what they consider to be unconstitutional voting issues.[7] Fair Fight Action was a party to the court case Curling v. Raffensperger which ordered the state of Georgia to dispose of all old Diebold voting machines prior to Georgia's 2020 presidential preference primary in March 2020[10][11].

See also

References
  1. "Will Stacey Abrams have more of an impact on the 2020 election from the sidelines?". ABC News. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  2. "About Fair Fight". Fair Fight. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  3. Herndon, Astead W. (2019-08-13). "Stacey Abrams Will Not Run for President in 2020, Focusing Instead on Fighting Voter Suppression". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  4. "Georgia gubernatorial election results | CNN". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
  5. Blinder, Alan; Fausset, Richard (2018-11-16). "Stacey Abrams Ends Fight for Georgia Governor With Harsh Words for Her Rival". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  6. "About Stacey Abrams". Fair Fight. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  7. Herndon, Astead W. (2019-08-13). "Stacey Abrams Will Not Run for President in 2020, Focusing Instead on Fighting Voter Suppression". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  8. "Why We Fight". Fair Fight. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
  9. "Abrams brings Fair Fight 2020 to Georgia". AP NEWS. 2019-08-18. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
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