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Throughout Midterm Election voting, the priority of the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia (ACLU of Georgia) has been the preservation of our democracy.
The Cobb County Superior Court issued an emergency ruling today to ensure that hundreds of Cobb County voters who had requested absentee ballots – but not yet received them – can still vote.
The lawsuit seeks to send ballots overnight to hundreds of voters who still need their absentee ballots and move the deadline from 7 p.m. on Election Day to November 14.
Across the state, more than 80,000 absentee ballots are outstanding, with nearly 11,000 in Cobb County, according to the Secretary of State’s data hub for the 2022 General Election.
This week, Georgia abortion providers and advocates went to trial, seeking to block the state’s ban on abortion after approximately six weeks of pregnancy.
The Superior Court of Fulton County will hear oral arguments and hold a two-day trial beginning today featuring live testimony from experts and fact witnesses — including Georgia physicians and medical professionals — on the harms of HB 481, a ban on abortion at approximately six weeks of pregnancy.