The Georgia Republican Party is threatening a lawsuit against deep-blue Fulton County over its lengthy absentee voting policy

Georgia Republicans are vowing to sue Democratic stronghold Fulton County after it announced extended election hours on Friday.

The threat came after the Republican Party learned that election officials in the county, which includes Atlanta, plan to open four election offices this weekend “to accommodate voters who want to hand-deliver their absentee ballots.”

“This is a blatant violation of Georgian law… which states that ‘all mailboxes will be closed when the advance voting period ends,’” the spokesperson said. Georgia GOP said in a statement late Friday.

Fulton County is expected to be crucial to Democrats’ chances of winning Georgia again in 2024 — something Republicans alluded to in their statement.

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“To make matters worse, the four election offices are located in areas of the county that will clearly favor Democratic candidates,” the statement said.

Fulton County was one of many to announce it would stay election offices open this weekend to voters returning their existing ballots in person.

Drop boxes are a way for voters to drop off their absentee ballots at election offices without human contact, which is different from dropping them off in person at the office itself.

Dropboxes were available during Georgia’s early voting period, October 15 through November 1.

But Republicans argue the extended hours for mail-in ballots over the weekend violate state rules.

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Fox News Digital reached out to Fulton County government and Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign for comment.

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It comes after a Fulton County Superior Court judge rejected Republicans’ bid to force the county to hire more Republican poll workers for Election Day on Tuesday.

State, federal and local Republican parties accused the Fulton County Department of Registration and Elections of not hiring enough Republican poll workers. They claimed that nine of the 45 qualified candidates were hired to assist with early voting, while only six of the 62 were hired before Election Day, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Judge Kevin Farmer said the matter would be investigated further but declined to order emergency measures to force more Republican poll workers to register on Tuesday.

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More than 439,000 active voters have been cast in Fulton County absent or early in-person voting during Georgia’s early voting period.

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A significant majority of those were women over men: 55.9% to 43.8%.

About 72% of white voters in the county showed up during that period, as did 49% of black active voters there.

Former President Trump lost Georgia to President Biden in 2020 by fewer than 12,000 votes.

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