Georgia Supreme Court Freezes Cobb County Absentee Ballot Extension
Cobb County sent out absentee ballots a little too late. Officials wanted to extend the deadline to November 8. Weird!
The Georgia Supreme Court ruled that Cobb County cannot count any late absentee ballots received after Election Day.
This NOT about the case involving four counties that kept election offices open over the weekend, which included Cobb County.
Cobb County election officials sent out 3,000 late absentee ballots. A judge extended the deadline to November 8th.
The Republican National Committee challenged the ruling. The ACLU and Southern Poverty Law Center sued on behalf of the voters to get an extension.
The Georgia Supreme Court ordered the county to separate the the absentee ballots and not count them pending another court order.
“The Board shall notify the Affected Voters of the 7:00 p.m., November 5, 2024, deadline for return of their absentee ballots in the same manner as delineated by the trial court in its November 1, 2024 order-i.e., by email, text message, and by releasing a public announcement on the Board’s website,” wrote the majority of the justices.
Only three justices dissented.
The order does not affect those under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Voting Absentee Act.
However, three days after 2020 Election Day, Georgia said the state had over 22,600 outstanding military and provisional ballots.
BREAKING #Election2024 Legal News!
The Georgia Supreme Court rules that "Election Day" is November 5th, 2024 – and not November 6th, 7th, or 8th and judges cannot change that date pic.twitter.com/Sd4mWY8k0k
— Phil Holloway ✈️ (@PhilHollowayEsq) November 4, 2024
HUGE election integrity victory in Georgia.
Democrat-run Cobb County wanted to accept 3,000 absentee ballots AFTER the Election Day deadline. We took this case to the Georgia Supreme Court.
We just got word that we WON the case. Election Day is Election Day — not the week…
— Michael Whatley (@ChairmanWhatley) November 4, 2024
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I’m surprised they had standing…../s
“Oh dear, we Democrats couldn’t do our jobs… so let’s screw the Republicans and throw the legitimacy of the entire national election into doubt.”
That’s literally Kamala’s campaign…
I was trying to upvote and hit the red one by mistake. Apologies.
I balanced you out
It’s always the voters responsibility to make sure their ballot is in before polls close. I don’t care what method you use, it’s still your responsibility. If you mail it you want to make sure there’s enough time for it to get in. If you don’t think there will be, drop it off by hand, they will accept it. Or of course, you can be American and vote at the polling station in person with your id.
My id and I are always in agreement when it comes to voting.
My ego, also.
Any bets that they “accidentally” do it anyway and mix the ballots up so they can’t be separated? They know courts will not decertify an election in which such things happen.
No, but they might throw some officials in the can for contempt.
Yeah, right.
“separate the ballots”,….Ha Ha Ha ..