Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger defended four blue Atlanta-area counties that opened election offices over the weekend to accept straggling absentee ballots, but he said Fulton County, in particular,

The judge rejected a Republican lawsuit trying to block counties from opening election offices on Saturday and Sunday to let voters hand in their mail ballots in person.

A Georgia judge dismissed a Republican-led lawsuit on Saturday aimed at stopping counties from opening election offices over the weekend and letting voters hand in their mail ballots in person. The

Georgia GOP senators are questioning Fulton County Election Board's absentee ballot handling and calling for election transparency.

In a last-minute lawsuit, Republicans claimed election officials violated state law by accepting absentee ballots that were returned over the weekend.