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.

While a lower court previously extended the deadline for absentee ballots in the suburban county, Georgia's high court ruled that the ballots can only be counted if they arrive by

Georgia’s highest court on Monday ruled that thousands of Cobb County voters who received their ballots late will not have their votes immediately counted if their ballots are received by officials after Election Day,