The GA Supreme Court ruled that despite receiving the absentee ballots late, voters had to either return them to the Cobb County Elections office by 7 p.m. on Election Day or vote in person.
The lawyers cited a professional rule permitting withdrawal when, among other things, the client “renders the representation unreasonably difficult.”
Georgia House Republicans decided Tuesday to keep their leadership team for the next two years. At the gathering inside the state Capitol, Republicans renominated Jon Burns of Newington Tuesday as speaker,
Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows was charged with two counts in the case brought by Fulton County prosecutors over alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia.
With the victory, Trump nets 16 electoral votes in the state that was the focal point in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Georgia is a key battleground state in the 2024 presidential election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, with 16 electoral votes at stake.
Mark Meadows had asked the justices to overturn a lower-court ruling rejecting his claims that the case should be moved out of state court in Georgia.
Democrats in Georgia's state House chose new faces for leadership positions Thursday after the minority party made only limited gains in the Nov. 5 election. Carolyn Hugley of Columbus was elected minority leader for the next two years,
Trump defeated Harris, 50.7% to 48.5%, in Georgia, four years after President Joe Biden defeated Trump in the Peach State, 49.47% to 49.24%.