Just broke that Brian Kemp has resigned as GA Secretary of State...so now he won't be able to oversee the ballot recount for his own run at Governor. This is good news. Public pressure WORKS, kids. Never doubt that! #ThursdayThoughts apnews.com/90bf71450a134b…
2/"Stacey Abrams’ campaign immediately responded by refusing to accept Kemp’s declaration of victory in the race and demanding that state officials “count every single vote.”
3/"The Associated Press has not called the election. Shortly after Kemp’s announcement, Abrams’ campaign and its legal team held a news conference to announce that they would continue to fight to get all votes counted.
4/"Her lawyers insisted that enough votes remained uncounted to affect the outcome of the election. The lawyers said they planned to file a lawsuit Thursday against officials in Dougherty County, where they said absentee ballots were delayed because of Hurricane Michael, which
5/"devastated parts of south Georgia. They also said they ask the court to ensure those votes are counted, and to require that elections officials preserve all potential evidence about the vote count." ~AP
6/*Although Kemp said that this resignation is to help him ready himself for the transition to Governor, now that he's declared victory, there are still a number of ballots to be counted & the election hasn't been called. I'm hearing that the reason given is NOT why he resigned.
