Georgia Says GOP’s Runoff Suit Based on ‘Theoretical Fears’ (1)

December 17, 2020, 2:36 PM UTC

Georgia’s embattled Republican elections chief asked a judge to throw out a lawsuit by state GOP officials seeking to alter the rules for matching signatures on mail-in ballots for the Jan. 5 runoff election, which will determine control of the U.S. Senate.

The relief sought in the Dec. 10 suit by the Georgia Republican Party would upend a crucial election that is already well underway, with more than 300,000 mail-in ballots having already been received, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Wednesday in a motion to dismiss the suit.

Brad Raffensperger
Photographer: Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg

Raffensperger, who’s been maligned by President Donald Trump and other ...

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