A judge in Georgia on Saturday dismissed a Republican lawsuit that sought to block voters from hand-returning mail-in ballots in the state over the weekend.
The lawsuit centered around officials in Fulton County, a Democratic stronghold, opening normally closed country offices on Saturday and Sunday to allow voters to hand in their ballots.
Five other Democratic-leaning counties in the state also announced that county offices would be open over the weekend.
Early voting in Georgia ended on Friday and the lawsuit, filed Friday night, cited a section of state law that says ballot drop boxes cannot be open past the end of advance voting.
But state law also states that voters can hand in mail ballots until the polls close on Tuesday night.
GOP lawyer Alex Kaufman argued in a Saturday emergency hearing that while it’s OK to mail absentee ballots, they shouldn’t be hand-delivered after early voting ends, but Fulton County Superior Court Judge Kevin Farmer rejected all of his arguments.
“I find that it is not a violation of those two code sections for a voter to hand-return their absentee ballots,” Farmer said.
A Fulton County spokesperson said on Saturday afternoon that only a couple dozen ballots had been returned to the four open county offices.
Former President Trump narrowly lost Georgia, a usually reliably Republican state, to President Biden by fewer than 12,000 votes in 2020, and afterward Trump made unsubstantiated accusations of fraud in Fulton County.
Both Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have been actively campaigning in the state, now considered a battleground.
Are republican counties keeping their offices open this weekend as well?
Obviously this judge already voted for the idiot Harris, and this judge hates to lose!
Fulton County has made a negative name for itself
Obvious Cheating from our So Called Honorable Judges and the Far Left! They Make Me Sick! I Will Never Trust The Law Again! I put My Life on the Line For this Country and it makes Me Sorry I did More and More Everyday! It’s one Giant Shit Show! The Last 3-1/2 Years or so has been the Worst that I can Remember in 60 years on this planet.
Corrupt Justice system.