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appalachiablue

(41,131 posts)
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 02:21 AM Nov 2018

Democrat Abrams Files New Lawsuit In Georgia Governor's Race

Source: Associated Press

4 hrs. ago.

ATLANTA — Stacey Abrams' Democratic campaign filed a federal lawsuit Sunday asking a judge to delay vote certifications in Georgia unsettled governor's race by one day and to make officials count any votes that were wrongly rejected.

If successful, the suit would prevent officials from certifying county vote totals until Wednesday and could restore at least 1,095 votes that weren't counted. The campaign said thousands more ballots could be affected.

Republican Brian Kemp's campaign didn't have any immediate comment on the lawsuit, filed over alleged problems in populous Gwinnett and DeKalb counties in metro Atlanta. But Kemp aides previously said Abrams has no path to victory and called her refusal to concede a "disgrace to democracy."

Abrams' campaign manager, Lauren Groh-Wargo, said the state's numbers can't be trusted and that 5,000 votes came in Saturday that previously were unknown. "This race is not over," she said on a conference call with reporters. "It's still too close to call." -READ MORE...


Read more: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrat-abrams-files-new-suit-in-georgia-governors-race/ar-BBPAZaN?li=BBnbfcL&ocid=HPCOMMDHP15

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Democrat Abrams Files New Lawsuit In Georgia Governor's Race (Original Post) appalachiablue Nov 2018 OP
Do you know what a REAL "disgrace to democracy" is? SergeStorms Nov 2018 #1
++++++++ agree iluvtennis Nov 2018 #2
+1000 byronius Nov 2018 #5
George Washington Would Hang Brian Kemp PaulX2 Nov 2018 #3
Yep! Most Presidents would do the same, all except one FakeNoose Nov 2018 #6
The gall of these people. Control-Z Nov 2018 #4

SergeStorms

(19,199 posts)
1. Do you know what a REAL "disgrace to democracy" is?
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 02:55 AM
Nov 2018
Not counting all the ballots cast by legitimate voters, that's what a real "disgrace to democracy" is!

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
4. The gall of these people.
Mon Nov 12, 2018, 03:59 AM
Nov 2018

Honestly, I've about had it with these criminals and cheaters. How dare they claim the voice of character and patriotism. Fuck them all to help.

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