Republicans also claimed that ballot collection over the weekend prevented poll watchers from monitoring election offices while ballots were being delivered. During the hearing, Fulton County Elections Director Nadine Williams explained that poll watchers were allowed to go to polling places but were never permitted to do so. authorized in county offices, according to has The guardian. Williams later clarified that the process should be open to the public.

Tuesday, Baker said that Republicans’ so-called concerns about election observers were a “red herring” and that weekend hours have been a part of the election process for years.

Trump’s campaign, alongside state and national Republicans, sent letters to Athens-Clarke, Chatham, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties demanding that officials separate ballots received after Friday from the rest , in anticipation of legal challenges.