Posted on 11/09/2018 7:22:31 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
ATLANTA The Latest on the race for governor in Georgia (all times local):
8:15 p.m.
A judge in Dougherty County has ordered the county to accept absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day and received by Friday.
The ruling was a result of a lawsuit filed by the Democratic Party of Georgia.
Abrams for Governor campaign chairwoman Allegra Lawrence-Hardy says the campaign will continue to take legal action as necessary until every eligible vote is counted.
The campaign filed a complaint in federal court asking for an injunction to direct the board of elections to count any absentee ballots received between 7 p.m. on Election Day and close of business Friday, which is consistent with the way that counting overseas military and overseas citizens' ballots is handled.
Unofficial returns from Tuesday's midterm election show Republican Brian Kemp with 50.3 percent of the vote. That's a lead that would make him the victor without a runoff.
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5:15 p.m.
A populous, majority-black county in metro Atlanta says its elections office will remain open past normal hours Friday to accommodate provisional voters who needed to provide identification so their votes can be counted.
DeKalb County has about 750,000 residents and could help Democrat Stacey Abrams close the gap on Republican Brian Kemp in Georgia's gubernatorial race.
But two groups supporting Abrams' call to count all votes, ProGeorgia and Care in Action, say at least 12 other counties certified election results before Friday. Such a move could leave provisional ballots uncounted.
The secretary of state's office did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
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Rep.John Lewis bled on the bridge in Selma for the right for black people to vote,but it’s not important enough for black people to get an ID card or to go and register to vote and not important enough to vote on an election day!
You have to have election month.
Folks you really need to understand the communist strategy of creating chaos in our country in order for it to destroy confidence in our system and have dictatorial government.
Every traditional institution has been corrupted or demeaned
In some way,our children are being indoctrinated in the schools,the girl scouts are suing the boy scouts for having the word boys in their title,no more girl scout cookies for me.
Christian War memorials being torn down,not hard to figure out where this all ends,History does truly repeat itself
Oh come now. Don't be so hyperbolic. We most certainly CAN have elections...just as long as Democrats win.
It is beginning to look like this crap won't stop until the Dems win 99% of the vote, just like in the old Soviet Union.
I have one problem with this, and one acceptance.
If a ballot is postmarked on Election Day, that's okay by me, so long as there is no fraudulent way to create a fake postmark. Additionally, the ruling says anything received by Friday, and it is now Saturday, so we should be okay there.
My problem is, why a Dougherty County judge has any say in Atlanta matters.
I agree with the premise of early voting by mail that you lay out. I only know early voting here in NC as being done in person, which I do.
We also just passed a constitutional amendment that voters will show ID. I am sure it will be court challenged but at least it is a constitutional amendment...[not that helped with our man/woman marriage amendment.]
We never had these issues in the past. You went in and voted on Election Day and only got absentee ballots as a last resort.
We should go back to that. If you can’t be bothered to vote, we should not make it easier for cheating to occur by providing avenues for it to occur.
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