Judge Eleanor Ross, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia
On the final day of early voting in Georgia, a federal judge in Atlanta has granted an emergency injunction ordering Secretary of State Brian Kemp to allow more than 3,000 people whose voter registrations are on hold because they were flagged as noncitizens to vote, if they can furnish proof of citizenship.
“To be clear, once an individual’s citizenship has been verified by a deputy registrar or a poll manager, that individual may cast a regular ballot and the vote counts,” Judge Eleanor Ross of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, said in a 36-page order filed Friday afternoon.
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