Feds sue Georgia over Aug. 21 runoff election

ATLANTA - The U.S. Department of Justice is suing the state of Georgia and its chief election official for allegedly not giving enough time to military service members, their families and citizens living overseas to return absentee ballots for the Aug. 21 federal primary runoff election.

The Justice Department said in a news release Wednesday that the lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Atlanta. The news release says Georgia's procedures are ``inadequate to ensure that its eligible military and overseas voters can participate fully'' in the runoff, should one be necessary.

Federal officials contend that under Georgia's election calendar, absentee ballots for the runoff election won't be sent out until after the July 7 deadline, or 45 days in advance of the election.

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