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klook

(12,154 posts)
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 01:22 PM Nov 2020

Georgia judge dismisses Trump campaign case in Chatham ballot dispute

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Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The Trump campaign and the Georgia GOP’s challenge to vote counting in Chatham County was rejected on Thursday by a Chatham County Superior Court judge.

The campaign had filed a petition that raised questions about whether Chatham County election officials were following Georgia law to ensure no late-arriving absentee ballots were counted. State law requires any ballot that arrives after 7 p.m. on Election Day to be invalidated.

A pair of Republican election watchers who had raised concerns on Wednesday about the process testified in the video-conferenced hearing. They both testified about concerns about the process they observed involving a stack of 53 ballots, but offered no evidence that the ballots had come in after the deadline.

After listening to testimony for more than a hour, including a details outlining the procedures the Chatham County registrar’s office uses to receive and track absentee ballots, Judge James F. Bass swiftly threw out the case.

Read more: https://www.ajc.com/news/georgia-judge-dismisses-trump-campaign-case-in-chatham-ballot-dispute/YKBA6IYQKBB4JCSQEIJBQQT6QI/



Chatham County is where Savannah is, and the second largest Democratic stronghold after metro Atlanta. Excellent news!
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Georgia judge dismisses Trump campaign case in Chatham ballot dispute (Original Post) klook Nov 2020 OP
It's like watching Kamikaze planes sail into the ocean, fire streaking Mike 03 Nov 2020 #1
Ha, yes. Or the evil, corrupt sheriff firing blanks in the dusty street klook Nov 2020 #2
Locking JudyM Nov 2020 #3

Mike 03

(16,616 posts)
1. It's like watching Kamikaze planes sail into the ocean, fire streaking
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 01:29 PM
Nov 2020

out of their tail sections.

klook

(12,154 posts)
2. Ha, yes. Or the evil, corrupt sheriff firing blanks in the dusty street
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 01:35 PM
Nov 2020

as the townsfolk converge on him with shovels and rope.

JudyM

(29,225 posts)
3. Locking
Thu Nov 5, 2020, 03:52 PM
Nov 2020

Dupe of https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142621064

Please continue discussion in that thread.

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