By Christian Baldwin
The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday that Cobb County, Georgia’s third-largest county, may only count absentee ballots received Nov. 5 by 7:00 p.m.
The Republican National Committee had challenged a judge’s order extending the ballot deadline to Nov. 8 after Cobb County election officials announced they were late in sending out over 3000 absentee ballots. The ballots would need to be postmarked by 7 p.m. Tuesday and sent out following Oct. 30. The American Civil Liberties Union and Southern Poverty Law Center had sued on behalf of three Cobb County voters who were affected by the mix-up, seeking the deadline extension, according to the New York Post.
The Supreme Court’s order mandates that absentee ballots from the over 3000 affected voters be “separated” and not counted pending another court order.
“The Board shall keep separate the absentee ballots of any ‘Affected Voters’ – as identified by the Nov. 1, 2024 order — that are received by the Board after 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, November 5, 2024 and on or before 5:00 p.m. November 8, 2024,” read the court order.
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HUGE LEGAL VICTORY IN GEORGIA!
The Georgia Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Republican National Committee and the Georgia Republican Party that no election office can extend voting to accept ballots after Election Day!
Thank you to @GOP @ChairmanWhatley… pic.twitter.com/EiPUpgKXqO
— Josh McKoon 🇺🇸 🇹🇼 🇮🇱 (@JoshMcKoon) November 4, 2024
The order will not apply to Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Voting Absentee Act voters. Nov. 6, 2020, three days after Election Day, the Georgia Secretary of State’s office stated that there were over 22,600 military and provisional ballots still outstanding…
READ FULL ARTICLE HERE… (dailycaller.com)
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