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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 candidate Stacey Abrams, blocked the counties from invalidating the voters because change-of-address data ra...

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 District Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner—sister of former Democrat gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams—...

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 claimed had moved out of state based on unverified data obtained from the National Change of Addres...

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 Majority Forward, a voter registration group, and Gamaliel Warren Turner, a Georgia voter, in their cha...

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. “Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner of the Middle District of Georgia, sister of failed gubernatorial cand...