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础罢尝础狈罢础听鈥斕齓esterday, the听听(厂笔尝颁),听, the听听(together, ACLU), and听听successfully obtained a听听to restore the registration status of Oconee County voters who were placed on a 鈥渃hallenge list鈥� within 45 days of the election as a result of mass voter challenges. In the order, the court also found that state law requires county election officials to stop considering challenges within 45 days of an election, regardless of when the mass challenges were submitted.

澳彩开奖, ACLU, and Akerman LLP brought this claim on behalf of Oconee resident and voter Susan Noakes in听.

鈥淎s a longtime registered voter in Oconee County, I support my county election administrators,鈥澨�said Susan Noakes. 鈥淏ut these last-minute voter challenges directly interfere with election officials鈥� abilities to prepare for the upcoming election and create anxiety and burdens for Oconee voters,鈥� she added. 鈥淚 am glad the court stepped in today to affirm the constitutional right to vote.鈥�

Adding: 鈥淭his court order is a win for voters, affirming their right to be on the voter rolls, cast their ballots and ensure those ballots are counted,鈥澨�stated Poy Winichakul, senior staff attorney, 澳彩开奖. 鈥淭his ruling allows democracy to work for all Georgians.鈥�

The 澳彩开奖, the ACLU of Georgia, the American Civil Liberties Union and Akerman LLP intervened in a lawsuit filed against election officials in Oconee County, Ga. In the original case, a voter asked the court to stop the local board of elections and registration from registering new voters until it held hearings on approximately 230 voters whose registrations were challenged in July. Earlier this month, the law firms represented Ms. Noakes, an Oconee County voter, in an action to intervene in the case and dismiss the request to sustain the voter challenges. The court granted the motion to intervene and motion to dismiss the case, ultimately stopping mass voter challenges and possible voter roll purges.听

鈥淭his ruling ensures justice for Oconee County voters and is an authoritative statement that voter challenges should not change the status of voters in the immediate run-up to an election. We look forward to continuing the fight for voters wrongly challenged throughout the state,鈥� said听Caitlin May, voting rights attorney, ACLU of Georgia.

"We鈥檙e pleased that the court recognized Georgia law's protections against eleventh-hour efforts to prevent people from being able to exercise their right to vote,"听added Theresa J. Lee, senior staff attorney, ACLU Voting Rights Project.

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