Fulton County, FBI and Georgia
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Fulton County, Ga., officials are seeking federal court intervention to recover 2020 election documents and ballots that were seized by the FBI last week.
ATLANTA — A federal appeals court has upheld parts of Georgia’s 2021 voting law that allow state takeovers of county election management and prohibit ballot photography.
A panel of appellate judges dismissed a case targeting provisions of Georgia's 2021 voting law related to state takeovers of county election boards and ballot photography.
Georgia is now one of at least three states in which federal judges have dismissed lawsuits seeking voters' sensitive personal information.
The Secretary of State raised the Georgia Plan, which outlines practical reforms to modernize federal election law.
The FBI raid is related to Fulton County's vote counting role in the 2020 election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. At least 700 boxes of ballots and other related materials were seized.
A federal appeals court has upheld parts of Georgia’s 2021 voting law that allow state takeovers of county election management and prohibit ballot photography.