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November 15, 2018 | Law.com

U.S. District Judge Steve Jones has called for absentee ballots in the state's 159 counties rejected for birth date errors be restored and counted as litigation over Georgia's gubernatorial election results continues to unfold.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

November 15, 2018 | Daily Report Online

U.S. District Judge Steve Jones has ordered that absentee ballots in Georgia's 159 counties rejected for birth date errors be restored and tallied as litigation over Georgia's gubernatorial election results continues to unfold.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

November 13, 2018 | Daily Report Online

U.S. District Judge Leigh May has ordered Gwinnett County to verify any absentee ballots rejected because of an incorrect or omitted birth year, saying that to do so violates state and federal law.

By R. Robin McDonald

6 minute read

November 13, 2018 | Daily Report Online

U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg ordered Georgia's new secretary of state to direct all Georgia counties with more than 100 provisional ballots, including 92 counties that have already certified their results, to "engage in a good faith review" of the eligibility of the voters who cast them. The order could expand the pool of valid ballots that remain to be counted by thousands. She also postponed certification of the midterm election results until as late as Nov. 20 and no earlier than Friday.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

November 08, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Democrat Josh McLaurin flipped the Sandy Springs state House seat held for a decade by Wendell Willard, a Republican attorney who chaired the Judiciary Committee.

By R. Robin McDonald

5 minute read

November 07, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams' campaign has lawyered up and will, if needed, litigate to count what the campaign claims may be thousands of still uncounted mail-in absentee and provisional ballots. Just over 15,000 votes could deprive Secretary of State Brian Kemp of winning the governor's race outright and force him into a runoff with Abrams next month.

By R. Robin McDonald

7 minute read

November 07, 2018 | Litigation Daily

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams' campaign has lawyered up and will, if needed, litigate to count what the campaign claims may be thousands of still uncounted mail-in absentee and provisional ballots. Just over 15,000 votes could deprive Secretary of State Brian Kemp of winning the governor's race outright and force him into a runoff with Abrams next month.

By R. Robin McDonald

7 minute read

November 06, 2018 | Daily Report Online

Already a defendant in multiple lawsuits stemming from the state's policies on processing voter registrations, absentee ballots and election security, Brian Kemp, the Republican candidate for governor, is named in a new suit seeking to strip him of any continuing involvement in the midterm election.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

November 06, 2018 | Litigation Daily

Already a defendant in multiple lawsuits stemming from the state's policies on processing voter registrations, absentee ballots and election security, Brian Kemp, the Republican candidate for governor, is named in a new suit seeking to strip him of any continuing involvement in the midterm election.

By R. Robin McDonald

4 minute read

November 06, 2018 | Daily Report Online

David Cross, of the firm's Washington, D.C., office, and Atlanta attorney Bruce Brown separately flagged the online flaw for Secretary of State Brian Kemp and the FBI.

By R. Robin McDonald

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