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A federal judge upheld a portion of a 2022 Georgia election law restricting the distribution of absentee ballot applications by third-party groups.

The law, known as Senate Bill 202, was passed in 2021 following claims of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.

Voting rights groups that challenged the law expressed concern over the ruling's impact on free speech and vowed to continue their legal fight.

ATLANTA – A federal judge has upheld a portion of a controversial 2022 Georgia election law dealing with absentee ballots.

In a 50-page ruling issued this week, U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee declared that the state had a “compelling governmental interest” in restricting the distribution of absentee ballot applications by third-part

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