Georgia’s highest court has stayed a lower court ruling that would have allowed certain voters in the state’s third-largest county who received their absentee ballots late to return them after the deadline.

Georgia's third-largest county said that thousands of absentee ballots are being mailed late before the November 5 election. Election officials in Cobb County, which is north of Atlanta, were using U.

Civil rights groups filed a lawsuit in Southern swing state Georgia after a key county said it was still working to mail more than 3,000 ballots after the state’s deadline.

Voters across Georgia have taken to the polls to cast their ballots in the 2024 election. When polls close on Election Day, an estimated 70% of ballots, including those cast early or absentee, will be ready for tabulation,

Polls have officially closed in Georgia and Alabama.WTVM News Leader 9 has real-time election results and analysis from our panel, which includes Georgia State Representative Teddy Reese (D), Regina “Reggie” Liparoto (R) and John Tures,

Action News Jax has live results for the statewide Georgia races in the 2024 General Election. RELATED: Presidential race results \| Results for Northeast Fl