Georgia Supreme Court Issues Ruling on Saturday Early Voting in Senate Runoff

The Georgia Supreme Court allowed counties to hold elections on Saturday for the Senate runoff election between Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) and GOP challenger Herschel Walker, siding with Warnock and Democrats.
A unanimous ruling (pdf) on Wednesday issued by the state’s highest court upheld a decision handed down by a Fulton County judge that blocked Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s directive to prohibit counties from voting on the Saturday following Thanksgiving. Georgia also has a state holiday on Friday.
The ruling, which was a single sentence, read: “Upon consideration, the Emergency Petition for Writ of Certiorari and Motion to Stay are denied.”…}

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