Elections and Voting Rights

Fulton County has moved in federal court to force the FBI to return more than 650 boxes of 2020 ballots and to unseal the search‑warrant affidavit, arguing the affidavit misled the magistrate by relying on a referral from Kurt Olsen and long‑debunked 2020 claims, lacked probable cause and omitted a chain‑of‑custody inventory. A federal judge has ordered the docket unsealed with limited redactions as U.S. Attorney Thomas Albus defends the warrant, while civil groups including the NAACP seek limits on use of the seized voter data amid criticism from state officials and some current and former DOJ/FBI personnel.