COURT DELAY EXPOSED: Raffensperger’s Motion to Dismiss Threatens Election Transparency Just Days Before Runoff
- Chris Mora
- May 28
- 3 min read
We won a landmark TRO forcing poll watchers into the tabulation room, now the Secretary of State is stalling the next hearing to keep the doors closed.
Executive Summary
On May 19, 2026, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Ural Glanville granted our emergency Temporary Restraining Order but then rescinded the order hours before polls closed, explicitly ordering Secretary Brad Raffensperger to immediately admit properly designated poll watchers and State Election Board observers to every stage of tabulation, aggregation, verification, and reporting at the Secretary of State’s central office and Election Night Reporting Room. That victory was set to be cemented at tomorrow’s interlocutory injunction hearing. Instead, Raffensperger’s team has filed a motion to dismiss, pushing the hearing to June 10, 2026 at 3:00 PM in Courtroom 8A, Fulton County Superior Court. This latest delay, coming right before the runoff, cannot be allowed to erode the transparency Georgia voters demanded and the Court already ordered.
Raffensperger lost his bid for Governor of Georgia in the primary race, only getting 15% of the vote in the May 19th primary.
Our legal team will use the additional time to deliver a forceful response to the motion to dismiss. But the pattern is clear: every time independent eyes get too close to the counting process, the bureaucracy finds another way to slow things down.
Here are the updated details:
🗓️ New Date: June 10th
🕒 Time: 3:00 PM
📍 Location: Fulton County Superior Court, Courtroom 8A
While this delay happens before the runoff election, the constant rescheduling is concerning. It is critical that we have the proper monitoring in place for state elections, and we cannot let another election cycle pass without addressing these issues.
Recall exactly what Judge Glanville ordered on May 19th:
Raffensperger and all staff are prohibited from excluding or restricting poll watchers appointed under O.C.G.A. § 21-2-408 from observing tabulation, aggregation, verification, and reporting.
The same protections apply to State Election Board-designated observers.
Officials must provide “reasonable proximity and vantage points” so observers can meaningfully watch every step, no more glass walls or distant corners.
Full compliance with Georgia’s open-election statutes (O.C.G.A. §§ 21-2-408, 21-2-379.11(b), 21-2-483(b), and more) is mandatory.
That Temporary Restraining Order remains in full force until at least May 28th or further order of the Court. Yet the same office that fought tooth-and-nail to block independent observation is now using procedural maneuvers to delay the very hearing that would make those protections permanent.
This isn’t just about one hearing. It’s about whether Georgia voters will ever have real-time, independent eyes on the most critical part of our elections. the central aggregation and reporting of every ballot cast. Public confidence is at stake, especially when the chief election official is himself a candidate in the very races being tabulated.
Our legal team is already preparing a strong opposition to the motion to dismiss and will continue fighting for the full interlocutory injunction. The fight does not stop because the calendar moves, it only grows more urgent.
Stay tuned for further updates as we continue to push forward. Share this widely, contact your legislators, and keep the pressure on. Election integrity is not optional, it is the foundation of our republic, and we will not rest until every Georgia voter knows their voice was counted in full view of the public.
We are in this together. The transparency we secured on May 19th will not be walked back. The runoff is coming... and this time, the watchdogs will be in the room.
