Republicans also argued that collecting ballots over the weekend prevented poll watchers from monitoring election offices while ballots were being turned in. allowed in county offices, conformable TO The Guardian. Williams later clarified that the trial should be open to the public.

Tuesday, Baker said that Republicans’ so-called concerns about election watchers were a “red herring” and that weekend hours have been part of the election process for years.

The Trump campaign, along with state and national Republicans, sent letters to Athens-Clarke, Chatham, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties, asking officials to keep ballots received after Friday separate from the rest pending legal challenges.