On Monday, the Georgia Court of Appeals handed Democrats a big win, letting stand a lower court ruling that will allow early voting to be held this weekend ahead of the Dec. 6 Senate runoff election between incumbent Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker.
On Friday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox sided with arguments made by lawyers for Warnock that voters be allowed to cast votes on Saturday, Nov. 26, despite a state law that prohibits early voting if there is a “public or legal holiday” on the Thursday or Friday before the day in question. Thursday is Thanksgiving and Friday is a state holiday that formerly commemorated the life of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
In response, Georgia officials appealed the ruling, asking the state to stay the decision and prevent counties from offering early voting on Saturday. Thethe Republican National Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee also signed on to the legal challenge. “It erroneously concluded that the Holiday-Weekend Clause applies only to a ‘primary’ or an ‘election,’ and not a ‘runoff,’ which cannot exist outside of a primary or election,” Carr wrote. “Thus, the Superior Court’s interpretation fundamentally misses the mark by ignoring that the Senate runoff – 3 – election is an ‘election’ as that term is defined and used in the Election Code and the Georgia Constitution.”Democrats in Georgia have been fighting against S.B. 202, which Gov.
During the 2021 runoff elections in Georgia between incumbent Republican Sen. David Perdue and then-Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff and GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler and Warnock, Democrats flipped both seats blue thanks to increased voter turnout, especially in minority communities in the state. The recent AARP poll shows Warnock leading Walker among Black voters by a margin of 88% to 7%.
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