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Fair Fight Action

Atlanta voting-rights organisation founded by Stacey Abrams in 2018 after her governor's race.

Fair Fight Action, the Atlanta voting-rights group Stacey Abrams founded, argues that turnout totals show who got through, not who was deterred. Georgia's record 188,667 first-day early votes on 13 October 2026 put that argument back in play.

Last refreshed: 18 October 2026

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Background

Fair Fight Action is Georgia's best-known voting-rights group. When Georgia set a midterm first-day record of 188,667 in-person votes on 13 October 2026, its long-standing reply applied: since 2022 groups such as Fair Fight have argued that turnout totals show who got through, not who was deterred.

Stacey Abrams founded the Atlanta-based group in 2018 after she lost that year's governor's race. It is a 501(c)(4) with an FEC-registered committee.

Its main lawsuit, Fair Fight Action v. Raffensperger, was filed in November 2018. On 30 September 2022 Judge Steve Jones ruled for the state on every count. In January 2024 the same judge ruled for True the Vote in a voter-intimidation suit Fair Fight had brought before the 2021 Senate runoffs.

Common Questions
Who founded Fair Fight Action?
Stacey Abrams founded it in 2018, after she lost the Georgia governor's race.Source: Wikipedia
Did Fair Fight win its lawsuit against Georgia?
No. On 30 September 2022 Judge Steve Jones ruled for the state on every count in Fair Fight Action v. Raffensperger.Source: Georgia Secretary of State, 30 September 2022
What does Fair Fight say about record early turnout in Georgia?
It argues that turnout totals cannot show who was deterred from voting, only who got through.Source:
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Written with AI from Lowdown's published reporting. Not individually reviewed by an editor. Updated 18 October 2026. Editorial standards.