Judge upholds restrictions on bulk mailing of mail-in ballots in Georgia | apartment

ATLANTA — A federal judge has rejected an attempt by advocacy groups to overturn a portion of Georgia’s election law that bans sending multiple mail-in ballots to voters.

U.S. District Judge JP Boulee’s ruling leaves restrictions on mailing ballot-by-mail application forms in place after voters were inundated with repeated requests during the 2020 election year. Some voters complained that they kept receiving letters urging them to apply for absentee ballots, even after they had already done so.

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