The Georgia Republican Party and the Republican National Committee (RNC) filed a Lawsuit that aims to Reduce access to Absentee Ballot Drop-Boxes ahead of the January 5th Senate Runoffs Election.
The Lawsuit was filed, on Tuesday, in the Fulton County Superior Court. Instead of allowing the Absentee Boxes to receive Ballots 24 hours a day, Republicans hope to Limit their Use to Normal Business Hours. Additionally, the Lawsuit argues that Poll Watchers should be given increased Access to Monitor the Results of the January 5th Election.
"The Secretary of State's office has repeatedly instructed county elections officials to ensure access for observers. We have also made it clear that absentee ballot drop boxes need to be monitored 24/7," Georgia's Deputy Secretary of State, Jordan Fuchs, said in an emailed Statement.
"Limiting access to absentee ballot boxes is a sneaky, underhanded attempt to make it more difficult for Georgians to vote," Nsé Ufot, CEO of the New Georgia Project founded by Democratic Activist Stacey Abrams, said in an Email. "Our charge in a democracy is to ensure each and every eligible voter has the opportunity to cast their ballot. Now, especially as COVID-19 cases continue to rise, GA's elections officials need to be doing everything they can to ensure, and expand, safe access to the vote—not stripping it away," Ufot said.
Georgia's State Senate Republicans have vowed to make it More Difficult to Vote over frustration of Trump's Loss in their State. "As soon as we may constitutionally convene, we will reform our election laws to secure our electoral process by eliminating at-will absentee voting. We will require photo identification for absentee voting for cause, and we will crack down on ballot harvesting by outlawing drop boxes," they said in a Joint Statement released Tuesday.
Ufot said that her Organization is particularly Concerned about Suppression of Voters of Color ahead of the January Runoff. "No matter what we look like or where we live, we should all have an equal say in our democracy," she said.
Nearly Half of Georgia's State GOP Senators voiced their support for a Lawsuit filed by Texas' Attorney General, Ken Paxton, in an attempt to Overturn their State's Election Results. Paxton filed the Case with the Supreme Court this week, also taking aim at Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, which also went for Biden. The Lawsuit alleges these States Unlawfully changed their Election Rules during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
"We applaud the State of Texas for recognizing that the failure of the State of Georgia to follow its own election laws has violated the Equal Protection Act of the U.S. Constitution," the Republican Lawmakers said in a Tuesday Statement.
In a Statement emailed to Newsweek, Katie Byrd, a Spokesperson for Georgia's Attorney General, Chris Carr, said: "the Texas attorney general is constitutionally, legally and factually wrong about Georgia."
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