GWINNETT COUNTY, GA — Gwinnett County is the latest metro Atlanta county facing a legal challenge over delays in delivering absentee ballots.
According to officials, a group of civil rights organizations has filed an emergency motion asking a judge to order the county to send replacement ballots by overnight mail to an estimated 2,000 affected voters.
Friday marked of early in-person voting in Georgia ahead of the midterm elections scheduled next week.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says the state has surpassed its previous in-person early voting record, set during the 2022 midterm elections.
More than 2.3 million voters voters have already cast ballots in person.
The legal challenge follows a lawsuit filed earlier this week on behalf of about 2,900 Cobb County voters who had not received their absentee ballots.
Election Day is Tuesday, Nov. 3.
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