2 weeks Ago By Falyn Stempler
Thousands of eligible voters in Georgia may not be able to cast ballots because of an eleventh-hour Supreme Court ruling. According to a press release from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the swing state's Supreme Court issued a ruling Monday afternoon that will likely disenfranchise thousands of absentee voters in Cobbs County, a key area in the greater Atlanta metropolitan area that voted largely for President Biden in 2020. The leading non-profit organization estimates at least 3,2000 voters in Cobbs County who requested absentee ballots on time did not receive them on time "due to the county’s failure to mail them promptly.
" Supreme Court allows Virginia to purge noncitizens from voting in US election Trump-supporting teen arrested for 'wielding machete' at Dems outside poll booth Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a similar ruling that allowed Virigina's Republican-led government to continue purging voter registrations suspected of being issued by illegal immigrants.
At least 1,600 eligible voters have been affected and banned from casting their vote in the high stakes election. Additionally, ballot boxes in at least three states - Arizona, Oregon and Washington - have been set aflame. In Arizona, more than a dozen ballots were destroyed.
The rulings and alleged arson attacks come amid an election cycle where fears of voter interference and violence related to the peaceful transfer of power are at an all-time high. Both campaigns have hired legal teams and are prepared to fight voting count disputes as well as other election-related legal battles. Buildings in Washington D.
C. have already begun boarding up in preparation for potential looming violence similar to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol Building.
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Mail-in ballots destroyed as postal box up in flames after 'arson attack' Ballot box fires in Oregon and Washington connected by mysterious vehicle Donald Trump baffles with demand for all votes to be counted in 30 minutes A lower court initially granted the Cobbs County, Georgia voters an extension to Friday to turn in their absentee ballots after an emergency lawsuit was filed by the ACLU and SPLC. The Republican National Committee and the Georgia Republican Party challenged the suit, and the Supreme Court ruling ruled in their favor. “Unfortunately, there are voters who.
..will not have their voices heard in this election as a result of this ruling,” ACLU said.
“Election Day is Election Day — not the week after,” said state GOP chairman Michael Watley. “We will keep fighting [and] keep winning.” Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger - who then-President Donald Trump infamously asked via phone to "find 11,780 votes" during the 2020 election - issued a stark warning about the ongoing voter suppression threats.
“In the next few days, you may see some extra drama from fringe activists,” Raffensperger said . “They are certainly dramatic, aren’t they?” To his point, the GOP issued another lawsuit over the weekend falsely claiming it is illegal to hand-return absentee ballots over the weekend. The ACLU said of the lawsuits: "These developments are part of a broader battle playing out in swing states over mail-in ballots.
"President Biden won Georgia by a narrow margin in 2020 after Trump won the state in 2016 and the state has seen a round of election battles in the leadup to the election.".
