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November 30, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Update: Secretary of State Agrees to Extend Acceptance Period for Runoff Absentee BallotsThe settlement comes a day after the Democratic Party sued the secretary of state after absentee ballots for December's runoff elections were sent out late.
By R. Robin McDonald
7 minute read
November 29, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Columbus Banker Pleads Guilty to Embezzling More Than $1MThe lending officer admitted to withdrawing $50,000 at a time from reserve funds over five years. Prosecutors said the money was used to pay for personal expenses.
By R. Robin McDonald
2 minute read
November 29, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Secretary of State Agrees to Not Enforce Law Limiting Interpreters at the PollsGeorgia's acting secretary of state settled the federal lawsuit less than 24 hours after it was filed.
By R. Robin McDonald
3 minute read
November 28, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Georgia Law Limited Interpreters at the Polls, New Election Lawsuit AllegesAsian Americans Advancing Justice is asking a federal judge in Atlanta for a temporary restraining order that would stop poll workers from enforcing a Georgia law the group says violates the federal Voting Rights Act by limiting voters' use of interpreters.
By R. Robin McDonald
5 minute read
November 27, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Ex-Lawyer's Fantasy Football Deal Leads to Federal Fraud ChargesFormer lawyer Timothy Cobb promised investors he was developing a fantasy football game for the Georgia Lottery. Prosecutors say Cobb's promises were the fantasy, not football.
By R. Robin McDonald
2 minute read
November 27, 2018 | Litigation Daily
Investors in Ex-Lawyer's Fantasy Football Fantasy Are Out of Luck, US Attorney SaysFormer lawyer Timothy Cobb promised investors he was developing a fantasy football game for the Georgia Lottery. Prosecutors say Cobb's promises were the fantasy, not football.
By R. Robin McDonald
2 minute read
November 27, 2018 | Daily Report Online
New Lawsuit Seeks Judicial Preclearance for Georgia ElectionsThe lawsuit was filed in federal court in Atlanta Tuesday by former staff members of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams' campaign.
By R. Robin McDonald
6 minute read
November 26, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Election Litigation Continues With Suit Seeking Lt. Governor Do-OverLawsuit claims that election results revealed an anomaly—that more voters skipped voting for lieutenant governor on the state's electronic voting machines than in any other statewide race.
By R. Robin McDonald
5 minute read
November 21, 2018 | Daily Report Online
With Elections Over, Voter Suppression Lawsuits to Push ForwardDemocrat Stacey Abrams promised her organization will file a lawsuit as early as next week to reform what she called “gross mismanagement” of an election that left her about 17,000 votes shy of a mandated runoff. That would join seven other pending election lawsuits.
By R. Robin McDonald
11 minute read
November 15, 2018 | Daily Report Online
Judge Blocks Bourdeaux Campaign's Effort to Reconsider Rejected BallotsJudge Leigh May said the campaign's equal protection claim “rests on a single sentence without any detailed analysis of the complicated legal principles the Court must resolve.
By R. Robin McDonald
4 minute read
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