Nov 5 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Tuesday denied a bid by Republicans to block seven counties in the battleground state of Georgia from accepting ... in Savannah federal court for allowing voters to return absentee ballots over the weekend and on Monday.

Georgia's Supreme Court reversed a lower court's ballot extension in the swing state Monday, ruling that 3,000 absentee ballots -- sent out late in Cobb County -- will only be counted if they are rece

The Georgia Supreme Court ruled Monday that certain absentee ballots can only be counted if they arrive by Election Day, a move that will set aside at least 3,000 late-arriving ballots pending further litigation.