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Georgia Judge Denies GOP Lawsuit on Drop Boxes, Says State Has Immunity
NewsMax ^ | 12/24/2020 | Brian Trusdell

Posted on 12/25/2020 9:43:11 AM PST by RideForever

A judge from Fulton County which includes Atlanta has dismissed a lawsuit by the Republican Party seeking to limit the use of voter drop boxes for Georgia’s two U.S. Senate runoff races saying the state has immunity from being sued, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Thursday. Superior Court Judge Kimberly Esmond Adams ruled she doesn’t have jurisdiction because of sovereign immunity that protects governments from lawsuits, the Journal-Constitution said. Republicans had argued that drop boxes should be limited to the same hours as county election offices, which typically close at 5 p.m. on weekdays. But an attorney for the Georgia secretary of state’s office said the state election board approved the boxes to be used at all hours.

Famed attorney Lin Wood sued the Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in November claiming that he unlawfully changed election law in March to settle a lawsuit by Georgia Democrats, something he said the state constitution expressly grants to the legislature. Incumbent Republicans Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue are facing Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff in Jan. 5 runoffs after none of the candidates received more than 50% of the vote. While Perdue received only a few thousand votes shy of the 50% threshold, Warnock led Loeffler 33% to 26%. However, Loeffler and fellow Republican Doug Collins, plus four other Republicans in a race with 20 candidates, received a combined 49.3% of the vote compared to about 48.4% for Warnock and the next seven Democrats.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: bidenvoters
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To: DesertRhino; going hot

That would accentuate “spoiled ballots”...


41 posted on 12/25/2020 10:23:19 AM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000))
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To: RideForever

It is perfectly feasible to shut down a Dropbox between certain hours.


42 posted on 12/25/2020 10:23:34 AM PST by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election))
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To: RideForever

Keep in mind that this is a state run by REPUBLICANS.


43 posted on 12/25/2020 10:23:39 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: RideForever

Black County. Black Judge.
Who is surprised by this ruling?


44 posted on 12/25/2020 10:24:04 AM PST by tennmountainman ( Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: apostoli

Exactly


45 posted on 12/25/2020 10:25:46 AM PST by clamper1797 (We are getting close to the last "box")
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To: tennmountainman

Hard truth.


46 posted on 12/25/2020 10:27:48 AM PST by WellyP (question!)
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To: Signalman

Your assessment is correct. We will not do the thing that will restore Constitutional Government. We do not have the will. So prepare to live as a slave.


47 posted on 12/25/2020 10:28:36 AM PST by sport
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To: Glide Plane
Didn't BLM/AntiFA prove that armed insurrection is a civil right granted by the First Amendment?

If fraud needs to be proved, this is it.

48 posted on 12/25/2020 10:32:57 AM PST by depressed in 06 (63 in '22. Now, more than ever! (I didn't take into account Mittens, Collins and Murkowski.))
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To: veracious

I wont be surprised or broken hearted if some of these criminals to start “disappearing”.


49 posted on 12/25/2020 10:35:26 AM PST by clamper1797 (We are getting close to the last "box")
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To: tennmountainman
Looks like the only thing left is to Recall Kemp,

Well, before doing that, he needs to be named in a court case as (prime) contributor to violating voter election laws by failing to have the Legislature pass the election law changes to mail-in fraud and extra voter qualification to vote in runoff elections he is using, and for his promotion of Dominion machines without approval of the Legislature. That way, the Governor of GA cannot be considered a legitimate authority to cast the Executive tie-breaking vote of a state's elector choice in event of Legislature stalemate with objections to Electors.

50 posted on 12/25/2020 10:35:39 AM PST by RideForever (We were born to be tested)
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To: BigEdLB

I don’t think it fazes them in the least. As long as nobody is rocking their boat, everything is A-OK.


51 posted on 12/25/2020 10:37:08 AM PST by hsmomx3
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To: RideForever

l8r


52 posted on 12/25/2020 10:38:44 AM PST by preacher ( Journalism no longer reports news, they use news to shape our society.)
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To: RideForever

Do a search on Jordan Fuchs. She is the one running the SOS office. A nasty piece of work was she is how apparently has Ruffenpuke by the short hairs.


53 posted on 12/25/2020 10:54:16 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (Potemkin Joe - Everything about him is fake)
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To: RideForever

“Well, before doing that, he needs to be named in a court case as (prime) contributor to violating voter election laws”

Oh haven’t you heard? Nobody in America will have “standing”.


54 posted on 12/25/2020 11:00:03 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: allendale

It’s true. This seems foolproof. The perfect crime. Wonder how many Chinese agents it took to put it together?


55 posted on 12/25/2020 11:14:45 AM PST by madprof98
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To: going hot

if they were anywhere near me they would not get a ballot out of them


56 posted on 12/25/2020 11:16:51 AM PST by norinosforme (am i nuts )
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To: RideForever

We are beyond the rule of law.


57 posted on 12/25/2020 11:28:14 AM PST by nonsporting ("Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death." Philippians 1:20b)
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To: clamper1797

Tyrants need to be treated as such.


58 posted on 12/25/2020 11:28:37 AM PST by Phillyred
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To: RideForever
[Kemp]... needs to be named in a court case as (prime) contributor to violating voter election laws by failing to have the Legislature pass the election law changes...

Ordinarily, a clever idea. But in the current GA, such a suit will be the subject of an emergency telephonic hearing and dismissed 15 minutes after it is filed.

Only the naïve believe GA is "Republican-led".

59 posted on 12/25/2020 12:27:25 PM PST by frog in a pot (The American voter should realize there is nothing democratic about the current Democrat Party.)
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To: RideForever

The state giving instelf immunity from the responsibility of following laws that apply to the state. Why am I not surprised anyomre?


60 posted on 12/25/2020 12:29:49 PM PST by Widget Jr
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