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October 25, 2018

Judge Orders Georgia Officials to Stop Rejecting Mail-In Ballots
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In election news, a federal judge has ordered Georgia to stop rejecting
absentee ballots because of mismatched signatures. Wednesday's order
came in response to two lawsuits claiming that election officials in
Gwinnett County rejected nearly one out of 10 mail-in ballots because of
alleged mismatched signatures, incomplete forms or missing residential
addresses. More than 60 percent of Gwinnett County's residents are
Latino, black or Asian. Click here to see our coverage of voter
suppression efforts in Georgia.


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