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Georgia election officials are expanding the use of secure ballot boxes for the state Senate second-round elections on Jan.5, where the Republican Senate majority is at stake.
The five-member Georgia State Election Committee, chaired by Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, voted on Monday to expand the use of guarded 24/7 drop boxes for rounds of ballot. Use of the boxes was originally scheduled to expire at the end of December.
Only two Senate races in Georgia could determine the balance of power in the upper house of Congress and ultimately determine whether the Supreme Court will retain the conservative majority established under President Trump.
The move comes as the number of postal ballot requests in the second round of elections has increased. Officials said as of Monday morning 762,000 requests for postal ballots had been submitted.
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