The Latest: Kemp wants Georgia absentee ballot order halted

ATLANTA (AP) — The Latest on a judge’s order governing Georgia election officials’ handling of absentee ballots (all times local):
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Georgia’s secretary of state is asking a federal judge to suspend her order governing election officials’ handling of absentee ballots and applications that have mismatched signatures while he appeals it.
U.S. District Judge Leigh May on Thursday issued a final order instructing the state to stop rejecting the ballots and appli