Judge Orders Extended Poll Hours for Democrat Counties Affected by Bomb

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The swing state of Georgia will extend voting hours for three Democrat-leaning counties–Fulton, Gwinnett, and DeKalb, thanks to a state court’s new order. These counties were the target of Election Day morning bomb threats:

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger confirmed Tuesday a bomb threat was made against a polling place, but he said it was of Russian origin and not credible. Raffensperger later clarified in a subsequent press conference that the threat affected between five and seven precincts in multiple Georgia counties.

“In the interest of public safety, you always check that out,” Raffensperger said.

“They’re up to mischief it seems,” he added, about the Russians. “They don’t want us to have a smooth, fair and accurate election.”

The “bomb threat” specifically targeted Fulton, DeKalb, and Gwinnett Counties. According to a live update from local station WABE, the Superior Court of Georgia ordered that the voting locations in the affected counties must remain open until 7:58 p.m.

Voting hours have been extended at Gwinnett County polling locations impacted by recent bomb threats. #GAPol #GwinnettCounty #StayInLine #NAACP pic.twitter.com/ztv9cXs3Kb

— Gerald A. Griggs (@AttorneyGriggs) November 5, 2024

All of these counties are reliably Democrat strongholds. The counties have also been the subject of lawsuits filed by the Republican National Committee and the Trump-Vance campaign. Gwinnett, Fulton, and five other counties opened up their offices illegally, after the close of early voting in the state, and accepted ballots. These counties also attempted to bar Republican poll watchers from their offices. Cobb County also unlawfully changed the rules to accept 3,000 absentee ballots after the designated Election Day deadline, but were slapped down by the Georgia Supreme Court.

According to Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, over 700,000 voters have cast their vote, and he projected that 1.1 million Georgia citizens would cast their vote before the close of polling. With the over four million number from early voting, Raffensperger estimated that 5,150,000 Georgians would vote in the 2024 election.

As this is a developing story, RedState will provide updates as they become available.