Brad Raffensperger passed a voter suppression law in Georgia.
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Deadline: White HouseOct 28, 2026
Sources show Georgia's 2021 SB 202 was approved by Republican legislators and signed by Gov. Brian Kemp, not passed by Raffensperger, who is Secretary of State. They also show he publicly supported and defended the law, so he backed it but did not pass it; the 'voter suppression' label is critics' characterization, not a finding.
What was said
… It doesn't slow 48 states from enacting voter suppressions of their own, predicated on something they know is a lie. Rathensberger was the tip of the spear in saying we had no fraud here. He goes ahead and passes a voter suppression law. We've covered it on a vertical, right? He will suppress your right to vote, and fewer people will vote when it's possible. Voters experienced it sort of, sort of, sort of up and down, like the more he pushes, the more will show up. …
Deadline: White House · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. Sources state the law was approved by Republican state legislators and signed by Gov. Brian Kemp, not passed by Raffensperger in his role as Secretary of State.[2][3][4]
Supports. Raffensperger publicly backed the new law, calling many of its measures 'solid' and praising its ID requirements and other provisions.[1][2][5]
Context. Critics called SB 202 'Jim Crow 2.0' and argued it disproportionately disenfranchises minority voters, while supporters called it promoting election integrity; the 'voter suppression' characterization is contested rather than established by the sources.[2][3]
Context. The post itself refers to 'Rathensberger' as the one who 'passes' the law, but the sources do not support Raffensperger having enacted it.[6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 5 not rated
- 1New Voter ID Rules Raise Concerns of Fraud, Ballot Rejectionsnopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Georgia Secretary of State calls many election changes 'solid'fox5atlanta.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports, context
- 3Trump administration dismisses case against Georgia’s 2021 ...ajc.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, context
- 4Case: Coalition for Good Governance v. Raffenspergerclearinghouse.net · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 5Raffensperger laments lost authority in new voting law, third group files suit • Georgia Recordergeorgiarecorder.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Georgia's Democracy in Peril: Election Looms Amid Rising ...democracydocket.com · not rated · cited for: context
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