Page 13 - Majority Forward News Today

The former Republican congressman argues it ‘seems shocking’ that ‘two radical candidates’ are creating tight races in the state. Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger accused U.S. District Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner of undermining the rule of law Tuesday after she ordered two county boards of elections to reinstate more than 4,000 people from voter rolls ahead of the Jan. 5 runoff election. The ruling from Gardner, the sister of former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidat...

Judge Blocks 2 Georgia Counties From Removing Thousands From Voter Rolls A federal judge on Dec. 28 ordered two counties in Georgia to stop the removal of thousands of voters from voter rolls. Election boards in Ben Hill and Muscogee counties this month ruled there was probable cause to sustain challenges to thousands of registered voters. The challenges cited the U.S. Postal Service’s National Change of Address in asserting that some voters had moved to a different county or state. But Dist...

Jerry LambeDec 29th, 2020, 12:08 pm U.S. District Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner A federal judge on Monday evening sided with a voting rights organization seeking to prevent two counties from purging thousands of “targeted voters” from their voting rolls less than two weeks ahead of the state’s highly consequential Senate runoff elections. The controversy stems from the election boards in Ben Hill County and Muscogee County voting to remove the names of more than 4,000 individuals whom they...

Judge blocks attempted voter purge in two Georgia counties ahead of runoffs By Melissa Quinn Record-breaking fundraising in Georgia Senate races Washington — A federal judge in Georgia on Monday blocked two Georgia counties from removing more than 4,000 registered voters from their rolls and preventing them from casting a regular ballot in the January 5 runoff elections, which will determine which party controls the Senate. U.S. District Judge Leslie Gardner sided with Maj...

Raffensperger takes issue with Albany judge’s ruling Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger took issue with the order. By Dave Miller | December 29, 2020 at 1:30 PM EST - Updated December 29 at 1:30 PM ATLANTA (WALB) - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger Tuesday issued a release criticizing one of Albany’s federal court judges. “An Obama-appointed federal judge issued a ruling yesterday that undermined rule of law in Georgia,” Raffensperger said. â€...

A judge blocked the purge of Democrat voters who are no longer legitimate voters in time for the January 5th runoff. Democrats in Georgia are arguing that a change of address form received at the Post Office doesn’t prove you’ve actually moved. They claim you can still vote using that old address. Democrats are communistic now, and anything goes as the hard-left drives all this with the party’s okay. A judge reversed the order to remove 4,000 voters ahead of the January 5th runoff for tw...

29 Dec 2020 Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner, a federal judge in Georgia and sister of failed gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams, effectively blocked challenges to voter eligibility in two Georgia counties ahead of the January 5 Senate runoff. Gardner on Monday ruled in favor of Majority Forward, the nonprofit organization of former Clinton campaign attorney Marc Elias, who remains at the helm of many of the voting challenges seeded throughout the U.S. He contended that Republicans tried to �...

Georgia Secretary of State: Ruling From Obama-Appointed Judge ‘Strikes Blow to Rule of Law’ The ruling blocking two counties from removing voters who appeared to have changed addresses from voter rolls struck a blow to the rule of law, according to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. “This ruling is a direct attack on rule of law in Georgia and the integrity of elections in this state, and I will not stand for it,” the Republican said in a statement on Tuesday. “Without eve...

Lawsuit filed against Muscogee Co. Board of Elections for challenging residence of over 4,000 voters Lawsuit filed against Muscogee Co. Board of Elections for challenging residence of over 4,000 voters By Olivia Gunn | December 23, 2020 at 6:45 PM EST - Updated December 23 at 9:13 PM COLUMBUS, Ga. (WTVM) - A legal battle is taking place in Muscogee County ahead of two key Senate races. Attorneys for plaintiffs, Majority Forward and Gamaliel Turner, Sr. filed a lawsuit Wednesday on their be...

Online advertising is opening the floodgates for more money from untraceable sources to pour into the Georgia Senate runoffs as Google and Facebook lift political ad bans that went into effect after polls closed on Nov. 3. Georgia’s Jan. 5 runoff elections will decide whether Democrats or Republicans control the Senate, pitting Sen. David Perdue (R-Ga.) against Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff and Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) against Raphael Warnock. A primary aim of the bans was to preven...