11/04/2024

Georgia Judge Rejects Lawsuit Trying to Block Counties from Accepting Hand-returned Mail Ballots

The lawsuit only named Fulton County

On Saturday, a Georgia judge rejected a Republican lawsuit trying to block counties from opening election offices on Saturday and Sunday to let voters hand in their mail ballots in person.

The lawsuit only named Fulton County, a Democratic stronghold that includes most of the city of Atlanta and is home to 11 percent of the state's voters. But other populous counties that tend to vote for Democrats also announced election offices would open over the weekend to allow hand return of absentee ballots.

Fulton County spokesperson Jessica Corbitt-Dominguez said 105 ballots were received Saturday at the four locations in that county.

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