After Biden won Georgia in the 2020 election and baseless claims of voter fraud spread across the country, Brian Strickland voted for legislation that restricted voting access in Georgia in 2021. Strickland touted championing “landmark integrity reforms” even though the election law changes disproportionately affected Black and minority voters. Georgia’s election law introduced more rigid voter identification requirements for mail-in ballots, restricted ballot drop boxes, restricted eligibility over provisional ballots, and criminalized offering water or food to voters waiting in line to vote.
In 2021, the Biden administration sued to strike down Georgia’s election law, alleging it disproportionately affected Black voters. In March 2025, Trump’s Department of Justice dropped the lawsuit, but litigation continued through pro-voting and advocacy groups’ legal efforts.
2026 Website: Strickland Touted Championing “Landmark Integrity Reforms That Secured Our Ballot Boxes And Restored Voter Confidence.” According to the issues page from Strickland’s campaign website, “As Attorney General, Brian will aggressively defend Georgia's election laws and ensure every legal vote is protected. Record & Vision Brian led the charge for landmark integrity reforms that secured our ballot boxes and restored voter confidence. He won't back down from defending our right to fair and transparent elections.” [Strickland For Georgia, Issues, Archived 4/21/26]
2021: Strickland Voted To Restrict Voting Access In Georgia, Introducing More Rigid Voter Identification Requirements For Mail-In Ballots, Restricting Ballot Drop Boxes, And Expanding The General Assembly’s Power Over Elections. In 2021, according to the Georgia General Assembly, Strickland voted for S.B. 202, “Elections and Primaries; persons or entities that mail absentee ballot applications shall mail such applications only to eligible registered electors; provide.” According to the New York Times, “Georgia Republicans on Thursday passed a sweeping law to restrict voting access in the state, introducing more rigid voter identification requirements for absentee balloting, limiting drop boxes and expanding the Legislature’s power over elections. The new measures make Georgia the first major battleground to overhaul its election system since the turmoil of last year’s presidential contest.” The Georgia Senate agreed to the House amendments or substitute 34 to 20. The bill was ultimately signed into law. [Georgia General Assembly – S.B. 202 (2021), Effective 3/25/21; Georgia Senate Vote 283, 3/25/21; New York Times, 3/25/21]
2025: In Federal Court, Voting Rights Advocates Presented Evidence That Showed S.B. 202 “Drastically Deepened Racial Inequalities In Voting Access In The State” And Indicated More Than 1.6 Million Georgia Voters Faced Greater Barriers To Voting, Predominantly Affecting Black And Minority Voters. According to Democracy Docket, “Four years after GOP lawmakers in Georgia enacted one of the most aggressive anti-voting laws in the country, new evidence filed in federal court shows that Senate Bill 202 (SB 202) has drastically deepened racial inequalities in voting access in the state. The findings came in a recent filing by voting advocates challenging the law, and they were drawn from 2024 election data and expert testimony. They indicate that more than 1.6 million registered voters faced increased barriers because of the law, with Black and minority voters bearing the biggest brunt.” [Democracy Docket, 10/20/25]
Under Georgia’s Election Law, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Found 56 Percent Of The “Registered Voters Who Would Have To Submit Additional Documents To Vote By Mail” Were Black, Even Though They Only Made Up 33 Percent Of Georgia’s Population. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “The U.S. Justice Department sued Georgia on Friday over a new election law that includes restrictions on voting, setting up a legal showdown over Republican-led changes that President Joe Biden and other Democrats cast as disproportionately harmful to Black voters. The challenge seeks to overturn portions of Senate Bill 202, the 98-page rewrite of election rules that imposes new voter identification requirements, limits the use of ballot drop boxes, shifts early voting days and gives the Republican-controlled Legislature more oversight in elections. […] An Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation found the ID requirements will disproportionately affect Black voters, who are much less likely than white voters to have ID numbers matched to their voter registration. Of the more than 272,000 registered voters who would have to submit additional documents to vote by mail under the new law, 56% of them are Black even though they make up only about 33% of the state’s population.” [Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 6/25/21]
2021: The Biden Administration Sued To Strike Down Georgia’s Election Law, Claiming It Violated The Voting Rights Act And Made It More Difficult For Black Voters To Vote In Georgia. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, “The legal challenge urges a federal judge to strike down the law as a violation of the Voting Rights Act by listing ways that federal authorities say make it harder for Black voters in Georgia to cast their ballots. It objects to provisions that restrict third-party groups from sending out absentee ballot applications, ban outside organizations from handing out food and water to voters in line, limit the use of ballot drop boxes and outline new absentee ballot deadlines. Assistant U.S. Attorney General Kristen Clarke also criticized ‘new and unnecessarily stringent identification requirements to obtain an absentee ballot’ and provisions that disqualify provisional ballots cast in the wrong precinct.” [Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 6/25/21]
March 2025: Attorney General Pam Bondi Directed The U.S. Department Of Justice To Dismiss Biden’s Lawsuit Against Georgia’s Voter Suppression Law, S.B. 202 But Litigation Continued Through Pro-Voting And Advocacy Groups’ Legal Efforts. According to Democracy Docket, “Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Monday that she is directing the U.S. Department of Justice to dismiss its lawsuit against Georgia’s massive voter suppression law, Senate Bill 202. The announcement makes this the fifth Biden-era DOJ pro-voting lawsuit that’s been dropped under President Donald Trump. Despite the DOJ withdrawing from the Georgia lawsuit, litigation is still ongoing in both district court and the 11th U.S. Court of Appeals, with various pro-voting and advocacy groups continuing legal efforts.” [Democracy Docket, 3/31/25]