NEW GEORGIA PROJECT v. RAFFENSPERGER

1:20-CV-01986-ELR.

484 F.Supp.3d 1265 (2020)

The NEW GEORGIA PROJECT, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Brad RAFFENSPERGER, in his official capacity as the Georgia Secretary of State and the Chair of the Georgia State Election Board, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

Signed August 31, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam Martin Sparks , Halsey G. Knapp, Jr. , Joyce Gist Lewis , Krevolin & Horst, LLC, Atlanta, GA, Amanda R. Callais , Pro Hac Vice, Perkins Coie, K'shaani Smith , Pro Hac Vice, Marc E. Elias , Pro Hac Vice, Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, DC, Kevin J. Hamilton , Pro Hac Vice, Perkins Coie LLP, Stephanie R. Holstein , Pro Hac Vice, Perkins Coie, Seattle, WA, Lilian Magarita Timmermann , Pro Hac Vice, Perkins Coie LLP, Denver, CO, Christian Ramses Ruiz , Perkins Coie, Phoenix, AZ, for Plaintiff The New Georgia Project.

Adam Martin Sparks , Halsey G. Knapp, Jr. , Joyce Gist Lewis , Krevolin & Horst, LLC, Atlanta, GA, Amanda R. Callais , Pro Hac Vice, Perkins Coie, K'shaani Smith , Pro Hac Vice, Marc E. Elias , Pro Hac Vice, Perkins Coie LLP, Washington, DC, Kevin J. Hamilton , Pro Hac Vice, Perkins Coie LLP, Stephanie R. Holstein , Pro Hac Vice, Perkins Coie, Seattle, WA, Lilian Magarita Timmermann , Pro Hac Vice, Perkins Coie LLP, Denver, CO, for Plaintiffs Reagan Jennings, Candace Woodall, Beverly Pyne.

Alexander Fraser Denton , Joshua Barrett Belinfante , Melanie Leigh Johnson , Brian Edward Lake , Carey Allen Miller , Vincent Robert Russo, Jr. , Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield, LLC, Charlene S. McGowan , Georgia Attorney General's Office, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants Brad Raffensperger, Rebecca N. Sullivan, David J. Worley, Matthew Mashburn, Anh Le.

Irene B. Vander Els , Shelley Driskell Momo , DeKalb County Law Department, Decatur, GA, for Defendants Samuel E. Tillman, Anthony Lewis, Susan Motter, Dele Lowman Smith, Baoky N. Vu.

Daniel Walter White , Haynie, Litchfield & White, PC, Marietta, GA, for Defendants Phil Daniell, Fred Aiken, Jessica M. Brooks, Neera Bahl, Darryl O. Wilson, Jr.

Bryan Francis Jacoutot , Bryan P. Tyson , Diane Festin LaRoss , Loree Anne Paradise , Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants Beauty Baldwin, Ben Satterfield, Stephen Day, Alice O'Lenick, John Mangano.

Ralph Jonathan Hart , Chatham County Attorney, Savannah, GA, for Defendant Colin Mcrae.

Bryan P. Tyson , Taylor English Duma LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants Darry Hicks, Addison Lester, Aaron Wright.

Jack Reynolds Hancock , Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP, Forest Park, GA, for Defendants Carol Wesley, Dorothy Foster Hall, Patricia Pullar, Darlene Johnson, Diane Givens.

Alan G. Snipes , James Clinton Clark, Jr. , Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, P.C., Columbus, GA, for Defendants Margaret Jenkins, Uhland Roberts, Diane Scrimpshire, Linda Parker, Eleanor White.

David Alan Cole , Timothy M. Boughey , Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants David C. Fedack, Robert Proctor, Daniel Zimmermann, Myesha Good, Maurice Hurry.

Kenneth Paul Robin , Jarrard & Davis, LLP, Cumming, GA, for Defendants Pamela Middleton, Dontravious M. Simmons, Benny G. Hand, Annabelle T. Stubbs, Frederick Williams, Barbara Luth, Matthew Blender, Joel Natt, Carla Radzikinas, Randy Ingram.

William J. Linkous, III , Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants Aldren Sadler, Sr., Karen James, Gerald Barger.

Kenneth Paul Robin , Megan Nicole Martin , Jarrard & Davis, LLP, Cumming, GA, for Defendants Phil Johnson, Kelly Robinson, Dustin Thompson.

Rachel Nicole Mack , Augusta Georgia Law Department, Augusta, GA, for Defendants Tim McFalls, Sherry T. Barnes, Marcia Brown, Terence Dicks, Bob Finnegan.

Virginia Candace Josey , William H. Noland , Noland Law Firm, LLC, Macon, GA, for Defendants Henry Ficklin, Mike Kaplan, Herbert Spangler, Cassandra Powell, Rinda Wilson.

Gregory C. Sowell , Cook & Tolley, LLP, John Matthew Hawkins , Athens-Clarke County Attorney's Office, Athens, GA, for Defendants Jesse Evans, Charles Knapper, Willa Fambrough, Ann Till.

Kenneth Paul Robin , Patrick D. Jaugstetter , Jarrard & Davis, LLP, Cumming, GA, for Defendants Arch Brown, Mildred Schmelz, Dan Richardson, Donna Morris-McBride, Andy Callaway.

Kaylan L. Phillips , Pro Hac Vice, Public Interest Legal Foundation, Indianapolis, IN, Harry W. MacDougald , Caldwell Propst & DeLoach, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant Public Interest Legal Foundation.

Matthew C. Forys , Pro Hac Vice, Michael J. O'Neill , Pro Hac Vice, Landmark Legal Foundation, Leesburg, VA, Harry W. MacDougald , Caldwell Propst & DeLoach, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant Landmark Legal Foundation.


ORDER

Presently before the Court is Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction. [Doc. 57]. For the reasons below, the Court grants in part and denies in part Plaintiffs' motion.

I. Background

This case concerns Plaintiffs The New Georgia Project, Reagan Jennings, Candace...

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