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Mailing Overseas Absentee Ballots on Time in Georgia in 2004

Robert Timothy Reagan, Margaret S. Williams, Marie Leary, Catherine R. Borden, Jessica L. Snowden, Patricia D. Breen, Jason A. Cantone
November 1, 2023

United States v. Georgia (Charles A. Pannell, Jr., N.D. Ga. 1:04-cv-2040)
The justice department filed a federal complaint against Georgia for mailing primary-election ballots to overseas voters late. The district judge ordered Georgia to (1) accept faxed ballots, (2) accept internet-based write-in absentee ballots, (3) pay for express delivery of absentee ballots, and (4) accept absentee ballots until three days after the election if mailed by election day.
Subject: Absentee and early voting. Topics: Absentee ballots; Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA); case assignment.

One of many Case Studies in Emergency Election Litigation.

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Tags:
Election Litigation | Absentee Ballots | Case Assignment | Early Voting | Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA) | Emergency Proceedings | U.S. District Courts | N.D. Ga.