McKinney drops Majette and GOP from lawsuit

ATLANTA - Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney has dropped U.S. Representative Denise Majette and the Georgia Republican party from her lawsuit challenging the state&#39;s open primary system. <br> <br> McKinney is claiming that she lost the August Democratic primary to Majette because of crossover voting by thousands of Republicans. She originally sought to invalidate the election. <br> <br> Majette was elected to the Fourth Congressional District position in November with 77 percent of the vote. <br> <br> Secretary of State Cathy Cox, the Georgia Democratic Party and DeKalb and Gwinnett elections officials are still defendants in the suit.

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