Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Seeking To Delay Georgia Election Again

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit prompted by the coronavirus outbreak that sought to further delay Georgia’s primary election and to force other changes to the voting process.

“The Framers of the Constitution did not envision a primary role for the courts in managing elections, but instead reserved election management to the legislatures,” U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten wrote in an opinion issued Thursday.

The lawsuit filed last month by an election integrity advocacy group and individual Georgia voters asked a judge to postpone the primary election from June 9 to June 30, implement measures to protect voters and election workers from the coronavirus and make voting by mail more practical.