Thousands Of Gwinnettians Sitll Haven't Received Their Ballots
www.GoodMorningGwinnett.com Tens of thousands of absentee ballots requested in Gwinnett County haven\u2019t yet been mailed to voters because of delays caused by an unusually large ballot envelope.
Gwinnett increased the size of its ballot envelope as the result of a court settlement in March that required larger type sizes and clearer instructions in response to a lawsuit over high numbers of ballot rejections.
The big ballot envelope, which measures 6.5 inches by 11 inches, takes more time to process by an Albany, New York-based company that Gwinnett hired.
\u201cThis is why Elections Administration 101 is to not change the rules in the middle of the game,\u201d Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said Friday. \u201cGeorgia\u2019s elections staff and poll workers have a large enough task ahead of them executing an election during a pandemic without shortsighted and uninformed activist lawsuits burdening them with impractical bureaucratic hurdles.\u201d
Bianca Keaton, chairwoman of Gwinnett\u2019s Democratic Party, countered Raffensperger\u2019s claim, saying his office had negotiated and agreed to the settlement months ago. She called his statement \u201cdisingenuous,\u201d saying it was \u201csome of the ugliest political posturing.\u201d
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