Trump’s RNC dealt him a humiliating blow in voting in the key swing state

Republicans also claimed that collecting ballots over the weekend prevented poll watchers from monitoring election offices while ballots were being cast. During the hearing, Fulton County Director of Elections Nadine Williams explained that poll watchers are allowed at polling places, but have never been allowed at county offices, according to a statement The Guardian. Williams later clarified that the trial should be public.

On Tuesday, Baker said that Republicans’ so-called concerns about poll watchers were a “red herring” and that weekend hours have been part of the election process for years.

Trump’s campaign, along with state and federal Republicans, sent letters to Athens-Clarke, Chatham, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties demanding that officials keep ballots received after Friday separate from the rest. to prevent legal challenges.