Judge Rejects Suit to Block Georgia Runoff as ‘Too Speculative’

Attorneys L. Lin Wood (C) and Mark Stephen (L) speak to the media about their client, British rescue diver Vernon Unsworth (rear), as they arrive at U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, Calif. on Dec. 3, 2019. Apu Gomes/Getty Images

A lawsuit by attorney Lin Wood to block next week’s Georgia Senate runoff election has been dismissed by a federal judge.

Earlier this month, Wood filed the lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Atlanta, saying the secretary of state’s office violated the law in how it handled absentee and mail-in ballots during the Nov. 3 election. Wood argued that the state’s process to verify signatures on ballots was flawed, among other allegations.