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Georgia top court won't extend ballot deadline in win for Trump (www.reuters.com)

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The top court in the battleground state of Georgia ruled on Monday that Cobb County cannot extend the deadline for counting about 3,000 absentee ballots that were sent out shortly before Election Day, handing a victory to the Republican National Committee and presidential candidate Donald Trump.

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[-] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 79 points 2 weeks ago

I enjoy how everyone just kinda ignores the fact that the ones trying to stop people from voting are always the Republicans.

[-] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago

Do we though? It's not even as if they deny it, the Republicans are on record saying they don't like high turnout. They know they're unpopular and losing ground to demographics over time because they're so racist, misogynistic, and phobic. They aren't interested in the real America, they're not even interested in democracy anymore. Vance is an actual monarchist.

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_efforts_to_disrupt_the_2024_United_States_presidential_election

I just found out this page exists too, would have been handy a few times in recent years:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_efforts_to_restrict_voting_following_the_2020_presidential_election

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

"Voters who did not receive an absentee ballot or did not have enough time to mail it can vote in person on Tuesday."

No, they probably can't, hence the need for absentee ballots.

Republicans go nuts for 2A but they are complete shit st fundamental things like the RIGHT TO VOTE

[-] JakenVeina@lemm.ee 10 points 2 weeks ago

Gee, I wonder who was responsible for those ballots not getting sent out on time?

[-] Nastybutler@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

I hope most of those ballots come back with votes for tRump then

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago

"The county voted for Democrat Joe Biden over Trump by 14 percentage points in the 2020 election. Biden defeated Trump in Georgia in 2020."

If it were a Republican county, they would be demanding all ballots be counted.

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