Georgia Election Uncertainty Continues Amid Court Rulings, Legal Filings

Protesters hold signs Tuesday at a demonstration at the Georgia Capitol calling for uncounted ballots to be tallied. In the week since voters went to the polls, arguments over certain provisional and absentee ballots have been presented at a dizzying pace before several different judges in federal courts.

John Bazemore / Associated Press

After multiple federal court rulings and a flurry of legal filings, uncertainty looms over Georgia’s still-undecided race for governor.

Unofficial results in one of the nation’s hottest midterm contests give Republican Brian Kemp a slim majority. But Democrat Stacey Abrams maintains that enough uncounted absentee, mail-in and provisional ballots remain to force a Dec. 4 runoff and keep alive her bid to become the first black woman in American history to be elected governor of a state. Other down-ballot contests also remain undecided.

In the week since voters went to the polls, arguments over certain provisional and absentee ballots have been presented at a dizzying pace before several different judges in federal courts.