padding democrats are going to have in that chamber. the state supreme court has just rejected an emergency request from republicans that would have blocked counties from offering early voting on saturdays. voting began yesterday in the runoff race between senator raphael warnock and republican challenger herschel walker. cnn national politics reporter eva mckend has been closely following the race. democrats fought for weekend polling hours. how significant does the warnock campaign believe that this ruling is for them? reporter: well, boris, the warnock campaign is saying that this is a victory for every georgia voter. democratic activists i ve been speaking to all this week say saturday voting is crucial for black turnout in the state and also helps ensure working class georgians who may not be able to vote on a weekday can vote as well but republicans have argued adding the saturday essentially changes the rules in the final hour and unfairly benefits democrats.