A judge in Georgia ruled that county elections officials can provide voting on the Saturday after Thanksgiving in the upcoming Senate runoff election, prompting an appeal from the state’s attorney general on Monday.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox Jr., in siding with the state’s Democratic Party and Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), issued an order blocking (pdf) guidance issued by Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger that declared it illegal to hold early voting on Nov. 26. The Democrats’ lawsuit filed last week had argued that early voting should be allowed on that day.
