Conservative Leaders Support Georgia Election Integrity Law

On Monday, almost 150 leaders of the conservative movement, including ATA President and

CEO Kathleen Patten and CHQ Editor George Rasley, released a letter of support for Georgia’s new election integrity legislation.

Pushing back on the false narrative that the bill is intended to suppress the votes of minorities, the letter says, “…Georgia’s law has unfairly come under attack with spurious claims that it is intended to suppress votes, or make it more difficult for Georgia residents to participate in voting. Such misinformation has come from sources as high up as President Joe Biden,” it also expresses the Conservative Action Project’s support for the leaders who brought the bill through to passage.

April 5, 2021

Washington, DC

Conservatives applaud the Georgia legislature and Georgia Governor Brian Kemp for taking bold steps to protect the integrity of its elections, and the rights of all voters to participate.

The law implements reasonable and common-sense protocols like requiring ID for mail-in ballots, halting the acceptance of absentee ballots within 11 days of an election, and prohibiting third-parties from providing gifts to voters waiting in line at a polling place.

However, Georgia’s law has unfairly come under attack with spurious claims that it is intended to suppress votes, or make it more difficult for Georgia residents to participate in voting. Such misinformation has come from sources as high up as President Joe Biden.

Biden claimed the Georgia law both “ends voting hours early so working people can’t cast their vote after their shift if over.” This claims is so wildly untrue and without evidence that even the Washington Post was forced to give it four Pinocchios.

The law expands early voting access while adding mandatory Saturday voting as well as an option to vote on Sundays. Moreover, a number of election officials cite the expanded voting hours, which will allow more people to get to the polls, and additional latitude for the state to require more polling places or voting machines if voters face overcrowding or lines. Georgia voters will also still be able to request mail-in ballots for convenience.

Reasonable measures to protect the integrity of each vote – and to ensure expanded avenues for participation in elections – are definitionally not suppression. We reject those categorizations, like we reject efforts by Major League Baseball, the PGA Tour, Hollywood, and Delta Airlines to bully the state legislature to undo their reforms.

In America, the people rule; not woke corporate power, and not special interests. Voting in America, and confidence that the process is transparent, accessible, and fair, is foundational to representative self-government. We support efforts, like the one in Georgia, to stand up for those principles.

(Affiliations for identification purposes only)

The Honorable Edwin Meese III

Attorney General

President Ronald Reagan (1985-1988)

Alfred S. Regnery

Chairman, Conservative Action Project

President, Republic Book Publishers

Jenny Beth Martin

Chairman

Tea Party Patriots Citizen Fund

The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop

White House Advisor

President Ronald Reagan (1981-1985)

Mary Vought

Executive Director

Senate Conservatives Fund

Kelly J. Shackelford, Esq.

Chairman, CNP Action, Inc.

President and CEO, First Liberty Institute

Cleta Mitchell, Esq.

L. Brent Bozell, III

Founder and President

Media Research Center

The Honorable Matt Schlapp

Chairman

American Conservative Union (ACU)

The Honorable Jim DeMint

Chairman, Conservative Partnership Institute

Member, US Senate (SC 2005-2013)

The Honorable Donald Paul Hodel

U.S. Secretary of Energy (1982-1985)

U.S. Secretary of Interior (1985-1989)

Wesley Denton

Chief Operating Officer

Conservative Partnership Institute (CPI)

The Honorable Bob McEwen

U.S. House of Representatives

Former Member, Ohio

The Honorable Russ Vought

Director, Office of Management and Budget (2020-2021)

Dr. Frank Wright

CEO

D. James Kennedy Ministries

The Honorable Scott Walker

President

Young America's Foundation

Linda L. Bean

Founder

Bean Maine Lobster, Inc.

Justin Danhof

General Counsel, National Center for Public Policy Research

Kevin Freeman

Founder

NSIC Institute

Jon Schweppe

Director of Policy and Government Affairs, American Principles Project

Karen England

Executive Director

Capitol Resource Institute

Ron Pearson

Executive Director

Conservative Victory Fund

J. Christian Adams

President

Public Interest Legal Foundation

Robert Alt

President & CEO

The Buckeye Institute

The Honorable Stephen Stockman

U.S. House of Representatives

Former Member, Texas

Rob Chambers

Vice President

AFA Action

Seton Motley

President

Less Government

Robert Keith Fischer

Meeting Coordinator

Conservatives of Faith

The Honorable Diana Denman

Chairman/ President

The Reagan Legacy Forum

Rebecca Hagelin

CEO

United in Purpose

C. Preston Noell III

President

Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.

Dr. Allen Unruh

Founder

National Abstinence Clearinghouse

Donald L. Woodsmall

Principal

Arromid, LLC

Saulius “Saul” Anuzis

President

60 Plus Association

Mario Navarro da Costa

Director, Washington Bureau

Tradition, Family, Property

Paavo Ensio

Chairman

Universal Minerals Group

Dr. Richard W. Scarborough

President

Recover America Now

Joan Holt Lindsey

President

Lindsey Communications

Sean Noble

President

American Encore

Ralph A. Rebandt, II

Lead Pastor

Oakland Hills Community Church

David Haas

I Support the One Person One Vote Law

Citizen of State of Ohio

Chad Connelly

President

Faith Wins

Khadine Ritter

Chairman

Eagle Forum of Ohio

Mat Staver

Chairman

Liberty Counsel Action

Amapola Hansberger

Founder and President

Legal Immigrants for America

Barry Meguiar

President

IgniteAmerica

Penna Dexter

Co-host

Point of View Radio

Anne Schlafly Cori

Chairman

Eagle Forum

Glenn Story

Co-founder

Patriot Mobile

Lady Brigitte Gabriel

Founder & Chairman

ACT For America

Dr. Teryn B. Clarke

Neurologist

Clarke Neurology

Kathleen Patten

President & CEO

American Target Advertising, Inc.

Rod Vandenbos

CEO

VHI

Senator Jason Rapert

Founder & President, National Association of Christian Lawmakers

Tim LeFever

Chairman

Capitol Resource Institute

Peggy Dau

Representative

IranAliveMinistries

Steve Berger

CEO/Pres.

Ambassador Services Int’l

Nancy Schulze

Founder, President

RCW Speakers

Robert D. Thompson

Administrator

The Weyrich Lunch (1999-2016)

The Honorable Morton C. Blackwell

President

The Leadership Institute

The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.

Chief Domestic Advisor

President Ronald Reagan (1987-1988)

The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell

Chairman

Constitutional Congress, Inc.

The Honorable Tony Perkins

President

Family Research Council

Marjorie Dannenfelser

President

Susan B. Anthony List

William L. Walton

President

Council for National Policy

Thomas Fitton

President

Judicial Watch, Inc.

Ed Corrigan

Vice Chairman, Conservative Action Project and President & CEO, Conservative Partnership Institute

Myron Ebell

Director, Center for Energy and Environment, Competitive Enterprise Institute

Penny Y. Nance

President & CEO

Concerned Women for America

The Honorable David McIntosh

U.S. House of Representatives

Former Member, Indiana

Dr. Jerry A. Johnson

President (2013-2019)

National Religious Broadcasters

The Honorable Ken Cuccinelli II

Chairman

Election Transparency Initiative

The Honorable Gary L. Bauer

President

American Values

The Honorable James C. Miller III

Budget Director for President Reagan, 1985-1988

Elaine Donnelly

President

Center for Military Readiness

Terry Schilling

President

American Principles Project

Mike Davis

Founder and President

Article III Project (A3P)

Marc Little

Executive Director

CURE America Action

William W. Pascoe, III

Board Member

Tea Party Patriots Action

Reverend Frank Pavone

National Director

Priests for Life

Ambassador Henry F. Cooper

Ronald Reagan's Chief Defense and Space Negotiator and Former SDI Director

Craig Shirley

Reagan Biographer

Presidential Historian

Kielle C. Horton

President

The Lindsey Foundation

Tom DeWeese

President

American Policy Center

Eric Georgatos

Executive Producer

America Can We Talk?

Marcia Taylor

CEO

Bennett International Group, Inc.

Dr. Paige Patterson

President

Sandy Creek Foundation

Sheryl Kaufman

Board Member

Americans for Limited Government

Gary Marx

President

The Concord Fund

Kay R. Daly

President

Coalition for a Fair Judiciary

James L. Martin

Founder/Chairman

60 Plus Association

The Honorable Mike Hill

Former Member

Florida State House

Lee Beaman

CEO

Beaman Ventures

Dr. Richard Rounsavelle

Trustee

MRC

Wade Kirby

Director of Development

GSWA

Mark Bloom

Business Owner

Ole Podner LLC

Lori Roman

President, American Constitutional Rights Union Action

Art Ally

President

Timothy Partners, Ltd.

Andresen Blom

President

Hawaiian Values

Terrence Scanlon

Retired Chairman and President 1994-2016, Capital Research Center

Randy M. Long

Founder

Long Business Advisors, LLC

Richard D. Hayes

Partner

Hayes, Berry, White & Vanzant, LLP

Mark Fitzgibbons

President of Corporate Affairs

American Target Advertising

E.C. Sykes

General Partner

Aslan Ventures

Trent England

Executive Director

Save Our States

Joel Anand Samy

Co-Host, America's Roundtable Radio

Co-Founder, International Leaders Summit

Martha Boneta

President

Vote America First

Judson Phillips

Founder

Tea Party Nation

Paul Gessing

President

Rio Grande Foundation

Debbie Georgatos

Host, America Can We Talk?

CWT Publications, LLC

Allen Roth

President

Secure America Now

The Honorable George K. Rasley Jr.

Managing Editor

ConservativeHQ.com

David N. Bossie

President

Citizens United

William Shaker

CEO

Washington Marketing Group

Dr. Virginia Armstrong

National Court Watch Chairman

Eagle Forum

Heather R. Higgins

CEO

Independent Women's Voice

• Georgia voter law

• Georgia elections integrity law

• Atlanta

• Joe Biden

• Gov. Greg Abbott

• Neil Liebman

• Chuck Schumer

• New York election law

• Absentee balloting

• Brian Kemp

• expanded voting hours

• Major League baseball

• Coca Cola

• Delta Airlines

• PGA Tour