After election officials failed to send ballots to 1,036 people who requested them, a judge on Monday extended the deadline for certain Cobb County, Georgia, citizens to return their mail-in ballots.
Following the election officials’ admission that they made a mistake, several of the impacted voters filed a lawsuit over the weekend seeking for a delay.
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Jonathan Topaz, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union’s Voting Rights Project, said in a statement, “This is a major result for these Cobb County voters, who through no fault of their own did not get the absentee ballots to which they were constitutionally entitled.”
Of the 1,036 voters who requested a ballot but never received one, about 250 had already cast a ballot in the early voting period in person. Many of the others might not be able to cast ballots without the extension, according to the lawsuit.
This is a win for voters. Drastic changes to election processes would create chaos & confusion. This ensures Cochise County voters can have confidence in the results & local election officials can focus on the task at hand – counting every ballot accurately. pic.twitter.com/djuRlt0SQJ
— Secretary Katie Hobbs (@SecretaryHobbs) November 8, 2022
On Monday, ballots were distributed through UPS overnight delivery. As long as their ballots are postmarked before 7:00 p.m. on election day and arrive by Nov. 14, voters who were impacted by the error will still have their votes tallied.
One of the voters impacted by the election authorities’ error was Madison Cook, a resident of Cobb County and a student at Mississippi State University.
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Before the deadline was extended, Cook issued a statement through ACLU Georgia saying, “I have done everything I can to stay in contact with Cobb County to figure out where my ballot is, but I was barely able to get through to them, until they told me it was too late to mail another ballot.”
This is a win for voters. Drastic changes to election processes would create chaos & confusion. This ensures Cochise County voters can have confidence in the results & local election officials can focus on the task at hand – counting every ballot accurately. pic.twitter.com/djuRlt0SQJ
— Secretary Katie Hobbs (@SecretaryHobbs) November 8, 2022
Two of the most fiercely contested races in Tuesday’s midterm elections are located in Georgia, a state considered a battleground. While Democrat Raphael Warnock is attempting to retain his U.S. Senate seat against Republican rival Herschel Walker, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams is going up against incumbent Republican Brian Kemp.
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