‘What happened between 8:00 a.m. [and] 1:00 p.m. is unknown because we were not given advance notice,’ said DeKalb County GOP Chairwoman Marci McCarthy. //

“These acceptances of absentee ballots were being done outside of the purview of legal observers without notification,” McCarthy said. “Nobody was watching these absentee ballots come in as prescribed by law because we had no advance notice.” //

Cobb County also extended its absentee ballot drop-off time period. Cobb County Republican Party Chairwoman Salleigh Grubbs told The Federalist she was not notified about the change and was likewise caught off guard.