It further added, “But, just as in Jacobson, the absentee ballot statute puts the duty to ‘compare the signature’ and accept or reject a ballot on the ‘registrar or clerk’—not the secretary of state.”
In other words, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger lacks the legal authority to implement signature verification procedures per the Georgia constitution, effectively making the Republican injunction a moot point.
The three-judge panel consisted of Obama nominee Beverly Martin, Trump nominee Robert Luck, and Clinton nominee Charles Wilson.
For Republicans, the denial of the injunction marks another crushing loss in the face of U.S. courts. On the national level, President Trump’s lawsuits have not fared much better, having been denied repeatedly by the Supreme Court.
Suffice it to say the Georgia GOP can feel its collar tightening as the final outcome of the runoff election is largely unpredictable. After all, Joe Biden managed to beat Trump in Georgia, an outcome most thought was highly unlikely in the Deep South – a traditional Republican stronghold.
