Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger will hold a morning briefing as the state begins its post-election risk-limiting audit of the state’s election results.
The GA Supreme Court ruled that despite receiving the absentee ballots late, voters had to either return them to the Cobb County Elections office by 7 p.m. on Election Day or vote in person.
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is now preparing for a second term, after an explosive first four years as the top law enforcement official in the state’s largest metro area.
At the state capitol, officials will kick off the audit of the presidential election by rolling dice to randomly select counties.
Late Tuesday night, Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, R, said at a press conference that "Donald Trump has an insurmountable lead with the number of votes outstanding." "It looks like this is pretty much done," he said. "I think the results are pretty well baked in."
Then-Florida congressman Matt Gaetz sharply criticized Gov. Brian Kemp in 2022 for not appointing a Donald Trump loyalist to the U.S. Senate.
Georgia legal battle over rules will play out as Democrats, Republicans argue after 2024 presidential post-election results of Trump, Harris.
Georgia’s highest court has stayed a lower court ruling that would have allowed certain voters in the state’s third-largest county who received their absentee ballots late to return them after the deadline.
Democrats and Republicans in Georgia and across the country have fought for four years in the courts and in Washington, D.C. over changes to election rules enacted by the state’s GOP Legislature following the election of Joe Biden in 2020.
Elected less than four years ago, Senators Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock have become a Southern battleground’s star campaigners.
A federal judge ruled against Republicans in a challenge to Democratic strongholds in Georgia that opened locations over the weekend and Monday for voters to return their absentee ballots in
Republicans kept Rep. Jan Jones of Milton as House Speaker Pro Tem and Rep. Chuck Efstration of Dacula as majority leader. Rep. James Burchett of Waycross will remain whip, while Rep. Houston Gaines of Athens will remain vice chair and Rep. Bruce Williamson III of Monroe will remain caucus chair.