Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas A. Cox Jr. has decided to allow early voting in Georgia’s Senate runoff election. The lawsuit was filed by the Democratic Party of Georgia, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, and the Warnock campaign. They were challenging the “state’s finding that it would be illegal to hold early voting on Nov. 26, the day after a state holiday.” The lawsuit also states that the “state’s interpretation hurts Warnock in particular because Democrats tend to push early voting more than Republicans.”
“Based on the Court’s ruling, counties may provide advance voting on Saturday, November 26, 2022. Further, Defendant is hereby enjoined from interfering in efforts by counties to provide for advance voting on Saturday, November 26, 2022,” the judge wrote in his in ruling opinion.
The following statement was released from the Warnock campaign and Georgia Democrats:
“Allowing for Saturday early voting is a win for every Georgia voter, but especially for workers and students who will have a greater opportunity to make their voices heard in this election. We look forward to counties announcing that they will provide Georgians the opportunity to cast their ballots on Saturday, November 26th.”
The spokesperson for the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office statementeased a statemnt:
“We’ve been following the law on this matter and the law is pretty clear. We disagree with the court’s order and look forward to a prompt appeal by Georgia’s Attorney General.”
Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says that the lawsuit is nothing but politics:
“Senator Warnock and his Democratic Party allies are seeking to change Georgia law right before an election based on their political preferences,” he said. “Instead of muddying the water and pressuring counties to ignore Georgia law, Senator Warnock should be allowing county election officials to continue preparations for the upcoming runoff.”
What do you think? Is this lawful to change the law right before an election? Ultimately, if you take out all the politics, is it good or bad for the citizens to be allowed to early on Saturday?
Source Fox 5 Atlanta
