BREAKING: Trump cam­paign files law­suit in Geor­gia — seek­ing to pause vote count in key bat­tle­grounds. https://t.co/k6G6UY9sye

— Chenue Her (@ChenueHer) Novem­ber 5, 2020

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Lat­est on the pres­i­den­tial cam­paign :

Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump’s cam­paign and the Geor­gia Repub­li­can Par­ty have filed a law­suit against the Chatham Coun­ty Board of Elec­tions ask­ing a judge to order the coun­ty to secure and account for bal­lots received after 7 p.m. on Elec­tion Day.

State par­ty chair David Shafer said in a state­ment Wednes­day night that they planned to sue in a dozen counties.

The law­suit alleges that a Repub­li­can observ­er watched a poll work­er take unprocessed absen­tee bal­lots from a back room and mix them into processed absen­tee bal­lots wait­ing to be tabulated.

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