The secretary of state, citing a 2016 law, said counties cannot hold early voting on Saturday, Nov. 26.
The Saturday in question falls immediately after both the Thanksgiving holiday and a holidayMajor metro Atlanta counties including Fulton and Gwinnett have already pledged to begin early voting on Sunday, Nov. 27 and to extend early voting hours to 7am-7pm for the entire week.That means counties would have to announce by Wednesday if they plan to hold any early voting before Thanksgiving.Warnock told reporters Tuesday: "This is certainly something all of us should be able to agree on.
"We just saw an election in November where the people of Georgia made it clear that they want to use Saturday voting," he said.In a statement, Raffensperger accused Warnock and Democrats of "seeking to change Georgia law right before an election based on their political preferences."Axios on facebook
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