Democrats sue for Saturday voting in Georgia Senate runoff

Senator Reverend Warnock held a press conference, Tuesday Nov. 15, 2022, at a Dekalb County Early Voting Location, calling for an expansion of early voting on Saturdays. Warnock's campaign, the DSCC, and the Democratic Party of Georgia have filed a lawsuit to allow Saturday voting. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

Democratic Senator Raphael Warnock’s campaign is suing to allow a Saturday of early voting in Georgia’s Senate runoff with Republican nominee Herschel Walker.

The Georgia Secretary of State’s office says state law prevents Saturday voting within two days of a state holiday.

Thanksgiving falls in the middle of the four-week Senate runoff, which was shortened from nine weeks by the new Georgia voting law passed last year. The only Saturday in the early voting period comes just after Thanksgiving.