ATLANTA — Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and the Democratic Party of Georgia filed a lawsuit Tuesday that seeks to reverse the state’s prohibition on early voting on the Saturday after Thanksgiving and the state holiday formerly known as Robert E. Lee’s Birthday.
The suit urges a judge to declare that Saturday voting is allowed in the runoff for U.S. Senate and rule against Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s interpretation of a state law that he believes limits Saturday voting.
Warnock faces Republican Herschel Walker in a runoff on Dec. 6 after neither candidate received more than 50% of the vote in last week’s election.
