On October 24, U.S. District Court Judge Leigh Martin May said she will issue an injunction on October 25 in the two absentee ballot cases, Martin v Kemp, 1:18cv-4776, and Georgia Muslin Voter Project v Kemp, 1:18cv-4789. She hasn’t issued the injunctions yet because she wants to give the state a chance to comment on the details. UPDATE: on October 25, the final 4-page order was released; see it here.

One case involves the process by which election officials compare the signature on a voter registration application against a voter’s signature on a request for an absentee ballot. The other case involves checking the signature on a voter registration application against the mailed ballot, when it arrives to be counted. The injunction will protect voters whose applications or ballots have been rejected. If either is rejected, the voter must be informed promptly, so the problem can be cured. Thanks to Rick Hasen for this news. Here is the 31-page order handed down on October 24.

On October 24, an NBC News/Marist Poll was released for the Governor gubernatorial race. The results: Republican Brian Kemp 46%, Democrat Stacey Abrams 45% Libertarian Ted Metz 4%, undecided 5%. See this story.

Georgia has general election runoffs if no one gets 50%. This year, any runoff would be on December 4. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.

The Bulletin, the daily newspaper for Bend, Oregon, has this lengthy story about the Independent Party and its nominee for Governor, Patrick Starnes. He was included in one televised gubernatorial debate, but excluded from two other such debates.