{"id":1492,"date":"2024-10-23T17:59:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T21:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/georgia\/?post_type=press&#038;p=1492"},"modified":"2024-10-23T17:59:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T21:59:49","slug":"common-cause-georgia-responds-to-supreme-court-decision-to-deny-state-election-boards-request-to-expedite-rules","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/georgia\/press\/common-cause-georgia-responds-to-supreme-court-decision-to-deny-state-election-boards-request-to-expedite-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Common Cause Georgia Responds to Supreme Court Decision to Deny State Election Board\u2019s Request to Expedite Rules"},"template":"","class_list":["post-1492","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":"","press_type":false,"authors":"","related_issues":false,"related_work":false,"location":13},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":true,"person":null,"name":"Jennifer Garcia","role":"","phone":"727-717-2308","email":"jgarcia@commoncause.org"},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<b>GEORGIA -<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Yesterday, the Georgia Supreme Court denied a motion for an expedited appeal and refused to reinstate the rule changes that the Georgia Election Board established over the summer. As a result of the Court\u2019s unanimous opinion, the plaintiffs in that case will need to wait until after the November election to proceed with their case.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<b>In response to the court denials, Jay Young, senior director of Voting and Democracy for\u00a0 Common Cause shared the following:<\/b>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019ve said this before and we will say it again\u2014these unnecessary rule changes were solutions to election problems that don't exist. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe\u2019re glad to see that the Georgia Supreme Court refused to reinstate these rule changes just weeks before Election Day, and after the Early Voting period had started. Had the Court acted differently, it would have likely caused confusion, chaos, and unnecessary expense for the state of Georgia.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThese rule changes would have added delays on election night, as workers at each polling place struggled to implement a new and unfamiliar poll-closing process. These changes added new burdens on election officials and poll workers, and counties would have been required to pay for the additional time they work.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCreating a new possibility for confusion and delay on election night is not in the best interest of Georgia's voters.\u201d<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A copy of the court\u2019s denial can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/georgia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Supreme-Court-of-Georgia.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">###<\/span><\/p>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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