Georgia Gov. Kemp will have to sit for questioning about comments he made that seemed to express concern about minority voter registration, federal judge rules.
The lawsuit accuses the secretary of state and election board members of mismanaging the 2018 election in ways that deprived some citizens, particularly low-income people and minorities, of their constitutional right to vote. It seeks substantial reforms and asks that the state be required to get a federal judge’s approval before changing voting rules.
Lawyer’s for the plaintiffs had asked that Kemp be made to answer questions about a range of topics. But the judge limited the scope of what could be asked to focus narrowly on Kemp’s interpretation of the responsibilities of the secretary of state and state elections board, comments he made about minority voter registration and the actions of the state elections board while he was its chair. Jones said that questions about other topics could be addressed by subordinate officials.
Kemp’s comments about minority voter registration happened at a Gwinnett County event in July of 2014, according to Jones’ order. “You know the Democrats are working hard, and all these stories about them, you know, registering all these minority voters that are out there and others that are sitting on the sidelines, if they can do that they can win this November. But we’ve got to do the exact same thing,” Kemp said at the time. He then encouraged attendees to help register more Republicans.
Lawyers for the state argued that Kemp was simply pressing for greater Republican registration efforts to offset Democratic ones, but Jones ruled that only Kemp could explain what he meant by the statement.Kemp’s deposition will be limited to two hours and must be completed by Jan. 10.
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