Georgia Court Blocks County From Prohibiting Voters Who No Longer Live in Jurisdiction From Voting – Judge Happens to Be Stacy Abrams’ Sister

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A federal judge in Georgia has issued a temporary restraining order preventing the Muscogee County Board of Elections and Registrations from blocking more than 4,000 “targeted voters” from voting in the U.S. Senate runoff election on Jan. 5.

The judge, U.S. District Court Judge Leslie A. Gardner, is the sister of Stacey Abrams. Abrams, a former candidate for governor in Georgia, has been at the forefront of altering voting rules in Georgia that many believe vastly expanded voting irregularity in the state.

From Fox 8:

“Majority Forward, a nonprofit voter registration and turnout organization, petitioned the court in the Middle District of Georgia to stop two challenges to voters who were believed to live outside of the jurisdictions in which they were registered. Gardener’s decision impacts voters in Muscogee County and also voters in Ben Hill County.”

“The order last for eight days, which would carry it through the Jan. 5 election day. Early voting started in the two runoffs that will likely decide control of the U.S. Senate two weeks ago. More than 2 million Georgians have already voted.”

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