Georgia Republicans vow to sue the Democratic stronghold of Fulton County after it announced extended election office hours on Friday.

The threat came after the state Republican Party learned that election officials in the county, which includes Atlanta, plan to open four election offices this weekend “to accommodate voters seeking to return their absentee ballots in person.” “.

“This is a flagrant violation of Georgia law… which states that ‘all drop boxes shall be closed when the early voting period ends,'” the Georgia Republican Party he said in a statement late Friday.

Fulton County is expected to be key to Democrats’ chances of winning Georgia again in 2024, something Republicans alluded to in their statement.

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Early voting in Georgia has surpassed the state’s previous records. (Getty Images)

“To make matters worse, all four election offices are located in areas of the county that will clearly favor Democratic candidates,” the statement said.

Fulton County was one of several that announced it would keep electoral offices open this weekend for voters who drop off their existing absentee ballots in person.

The drop boxes are a way for voters to drop off their absentee ballots at election offices without human contact, which is different than submitting them in person at the office itself.

The drop boxes were available during Georgia’s early voting period from October 15 to November 1.

But Republicans argue that extended hours for submitting absentee ballots over the weekend are against state rules.

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President Joe Biden won Georgia by less than 1% in 2020 (Getty Images)

Fox News Digital has reached out to Fulton County government and Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign for comment.

NPR reporter Stephen Fowler wrote in X about the threatened lawsuit: “Several counties are doing it and there is nothing illegal about it; these are not mailboxes.”

It comes after a Fulton County Superior Court judge rejected Republicans’ attempt to force the county to hire more Republican poll workers for Election Day on Tuesday.

State, federal and local Republican parties accused the Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections of not hiring enough Republican poll workers. They allege that nine of 45 qualified applicants were hired to help with early voting, while only six of 62 were hired for Election Day, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Judge Kevin Farmer said the case would be examined further, but declined to order emergency measures to force more Republican poll workers in before Tuesday.

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Fulton County has seen more than 439,000 active voters cast absent or early in-person ballots during Georgia’s early voting period.

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A significant majority of them were women over men: 55.9% to 43.8%.

About 72% of the county’s white voters went to the polls during that period, as did 49% of active black voters there.

Former President Trump lost Georgia to President Biden by fewer than 12,000 votes in 2020.

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