Order from the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, in American Oversight's ongoing lawsuit regarding the release of public records related to Georgia elections. American Oversight is seeking to depose Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger regarding his involvement in his office's pattern of stonewalling open records requests. The court denied Raffensperger's request to limit the scope of discovery in the case, but said that it would not rule on whether American Oversight may depose Raffensperger until other depositions have been completed.

Lawsuit filed by American Oversight against Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and other state officials for records related to election operations, including communications with national Republican groups and records concerning Georgia’s Absentee Ballot Fraud Task Force.

On Wednesday, American Oversight, represented by Caplan Cobb LLP, sued Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and other state officials for failing to respond to dozens of open records requests for election-related material.

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Records request to the Office of the Governor in Georgia for email communications containing terms concerning the Georgia Secretary of State's decision to cancel a democratic election to select Georgia Supreme Court Justice Keith Blackwell’s replacement, enabling Governor Brian Kemp to appoint Blackwell’s successor.