GOP Challenges Absentee Ballot Procedures in Advance of Georgia Senate Runoff

PJ Media ^ | 12/18/2020 | Rick Moran

[SeekAndFind]

Republicans have fired a legal salvo against lax absentee ballot procedures in Georgia as the GOP seeks to make sure that all legal votes are counted — and illegal ones are left out.

The party has filed 3 lawsuits in federal court in advance of the January 5 Senate runoff elections, challenging signature verification procedures as well as the use of drop boxes to collect absentee ballots.

The suits have been filed despite hundreds of thousands of votes already cast in early voting and mail-in ballots.

Politico:

The net result of the suits, which are backed by a combination of local, state and national Republican Party organizations, would make successfully voting by mail harder in Georgia, which Republicans say is necessary to protect the security of the elections — and others claim is an attempt to suppress votes for Democratic candidates.

And Georgia isn’t the only state where Republicans will seek changes to absentee ballot laws.

The legal efforts are likely just the start of a yearlong push by state Republicans to tighten voting rules in response to the 2020 election, which prompted unsubstantiated claims of widespread fraud from Trump, his supporters and other GOP leaders who are convinced that the contest wasn’t fair. Republican lawmakers in Georgia, Michigan and Pennsylvania, among others, have already announced their intention to seek changes to state election laws next year in response to perceived irregularities, and Trump’s opposition to mail voting in 2020 — coupled with the way those late-counted ballots broke against him in some key states — has destroyed the decades-long bipartisan consensus on expanding the practice.

According to Politico, there have been 378,000 absentee ballots already returned while 846,000 ballots were mailed out. That’s slightly fewer than were returned prior to the general election.

[SmokingJoe]

Trump should have challenged the elections laws in Georgia all the way to the Supreme Court long before the elections.
Its much harder to recover your stolen jewelry after they have been stolen. Its always better to take strong steps to stop the theft in the first place.

[rigelkentaurus]

Judge will throw these lawsuits out. Lack of standing, cannot prove any harm, filed to late or too early, and the best reason they will use is so what if the Communists violate the law just learn to live with it.

[frog in a pot]

There appears to be a further issue not addressed in these actions. The conservative dissent in the opinion based on an interpretation of the federal voting act that resulted in an extended runoff registration date would likely now prevail in a further consideration.

From an earlier thread:
"All you need to stop the influx of new voters from voting in the Georgia State runoffs is a federal court injunction. If you get that at the District Court, or Circuit Court level, the other side will be forced to petition SCOTUS. Time is an issue. This needs to be filed immediately."

[NTHockey]

Isn’t GA law that only people that voted in the primary can vote? GA considers runoffs as a continuation of primaries.

I know, I know; Communists don’t care about the law. Except when they can beat us over the head with it.

[lepton]

The net result of the suits, which are backed by a combination of local, state and national Republican Party organizations, would make successfully voting by mail harder in Georgia, which Republicans say is necessary to protect the security of the elections — and others claim is an attempt to suppress votes for Democratic candidates.

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Yes, as they note, the effects of fakery benefits Democrat candidates. That also makes the argument that approving these ‘rules’ is partisan.

[lepton]

Isn’t GA law that only people that voted in the primary can vote? GA considers runoffs as a continuation of primaries.

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The passed GA law is that only those who voted in the election for which there is a runoff may vote in the runoff. The courts negated that limit.

[Thommas]

Stop trying to resuscitate that corpse. Elections are dead, Jim.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Closing the barn door after the horse got out.

[apostoli]

GA mail in ballot 'signature check' now...WHERE's the GOP?

d:^) Trump 2020

[RideForever]

Where are the damn cameras?!!! Should be on 24/7!!

[shanover]

It seems lawsuits before and lawsuits after have zero effect either way. As it stands,the Republic is finished.

[lodi90]

Early voting has already started in GA for the runoff. The GOP did nothing to stop the steal 2.0. Why the GOPe has a death wish I will never understand.