A federal judge on Tuesday struck down a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee that sought to "segregate" certain ballots from Georgia's Democratic strongholds.

The RNC filed suit on Saturday against seven Democratic-leaning counties that opened their election offices over the weekend to accept absentee ballots in person, alleging that the practice violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment.

State law allows offices to accept absentee ballots........

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