Judge Orders Georgia County Election Board to Extend Absentee Ballot Deadline

A judge ordered a Georgia election board to rectify a failure to mail more than 3,000 absentee ballots on time. The judge issued the order on Friday afternoon, Nov. 1, in response to a complaint filed that morning by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) on behalf of voters who requested emergency injunctive relief. Superior Court Judge Robert Flournoy agreed with the plaintiffs, stating that the election board “failed to timely send absentee ballots to approximately 3,240 voters,” which violates Georgia’s Election Integrity Act of 2021, also known as Georgia Senate Bill 202. According to the complaint, state law allows voters to request absentee mail-in ballots up to 11 days before the election. The deadline for this request was Oct. 25....