Republicans seek to block Georgia voters from hand-returning mail-in ballots: Lawsuit
The Republican National Committee on Sunday filed a federal lawsuit taking aim at some Georgia counties that are allowing voters to drop off their mail-in ballots in person in the run-up to Tuesday's election -- a move Republicans say is illegal because the early voting period has ended, according to the filing.
Republicans have asked a judge to block these counties from accepting mail-in ballots from voters over the weekend and on Monday, saying the practice amounts to an "unlawful extension" of the voting deadlines.
A similar lawsuit filed by Republicans targeting just Fulton County over the same issue was already rejected by a Georgia judge, as ABC previously reported.
Early voting in the state ended on Friday.
The lawsuit Sunday targets seven counties in the state: Fulton County, DeKalb County, Cobb County, Gwinnett County, Chatham County, Clayton County and Clarke County.
The RNC claims, in part, that voters located in other counties where offices aren't open this weekend are being "denied equal protection" because they allegedly have fewer days and opportunities to drop off their ballots.
-ABC News' Olivia Rubin