Today, the RNC filed suit against DeKalb County, Georgia for failure to adequately comply with public records requests. Georgia has banned “Zuck Bucks” – dark money from third party organizations aimed at influencing U.S. elections. The RNC has good reason to believe that DeKalb County has received funding through the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence, a dark-money organization that peddles Zuck Bucks around the country. The RNC pursued records requests to obtain more information about the funds, but the county took months to make its productions and provided implausibly few documents about this substantial injection of funds. We have filed suit to obtain the full record.

RNC Chairman Michael Whatley stated: “Ensuring illegal money is not influencing our election process is critical in Georgia and beyond. This lawsuit is necessary to obtain the full record regarding DeKalb County’s receipt of election-related funds and hold the county accountable. The RNC is dedicated to ensuring a fair and transparent election without wrongful influence.”