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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a federal judge I believe
We knew this was going to happen.
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The Democrats really want a civil war.
The Dems probably put them there Thursday.
We can’t be voting all year.
If the ballot is not there to run through the machine on Election Day, good luck, try again next election.
Why is that ruling controversial
I guess we just can’t have elections anymore.
Was it a liberal judge or conservative judge? Democrat judges and Conservative judges are not wired the same.
Early voting wasn’t enough, now the Democrats have late voting.
Is this voting on CP time?
(Hillary said it, that’s how I found out about it)
They’re gonna’ get one, and they’re gonna’ lose.
The ‘RATs always think the ends justify the means. Vote fraud is only the means and is OK.
making it up as they go along, over-ride laws, whatever it takes/s
Fake news, now it is Fake voting.
So let’s give them one - I’m read, able and willing. In fact, I’m looking forward to slaughtering leftists by the thousands.
“A judge in Dougherty County has ordered the county to accept absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day and received by Friday. “
Translation: late and fraudulent votes must be counted. So decrees a black robed tyrant
What does the Law say when it comes to Absentee Ballots, received by Election Day or Postmarked on Election Day?
Whatever the Law says should be followed. If the Judge is ignoring the Law, we have a big problem.
Is there a link to Georgia Election Law to go along with this?
Democrats make up their own rules when it comes to elections, and republicans just act like it’s standard operating procedure. How come it’s always democrat judges ruling in favor of democrats cheating. Are there no republican judges that know and apply the law?
Just throw out all of the votes from Counties that screw up, intentionally or not.
Better luck next time, you poor choosers of who runs your life.
Get the votes counted—they were postmarked on time, get them counted. Maybe some for Kemp. Bothered that Kemp and state created the mess that gives the Democrats ammunition that “Republicans” supress voting.
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