Judge Jones also rejected the idea that racism motivated these rules and practices. It is true that non-white voters are more likely to go into MIDR status or be flagged as non-citizens. The judge found that plaintiffs failed, however, to show exact match and the verification of citizenship “were enacted with a racially discriminatory intent or purpose.” He also noted that the total number of voters affected is extremely small. He quotes the Supreme Court for the proposition that a “policy that appears to work for 98 percent or more of voters to whom it applies — minority and non-minority alike — is unlikely to render a system unequally open.”

As it happens, all of the arguments that Abrams has made against the 2021 Georgia voting law (fulsomely denounced by Joe Biden and boycotted by Major League Baseball) are similar in kind to her claims that have been pulverized in this case — they are just as attenuated and tendentious.

This should all be kept in mind in case Abrams loses a gubernatorial race for a second time and once again tries to depict herself as a brave and undefeated victim of voter suppression.