WATCH: Warnock responds to allegations he wants last minute change to runoff voting rules - Fox News

Incumbent Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock deed backmost astatine his Republican challenger, Herschel Walker, this week implicit accusations helium wants to alteration Georgia's voting rules successful the midst of campaigning for the Dec. 6 runoff election.

Speaking with Fox News Digital during a property gaggle pursuing a Thursday run rally successful Fort Valley, Georgia, Warnock dismissed Walker's disapproval and defended the suit helium filed alongside the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee connected Monday to determination the commencement of aboriginal voting for the runoff to the Saturday aft Thanksgiving alternatively than the pursuing Monday.

"It doesn't substance to maine what helium thinks," Warnock said erstwhile asked astir Walker's criticism.

Walker told Fox News Digital connected Wednesday that Warnock's suit amounted to trying to "change the rules successful the mediate of the game."

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Democratic Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock speaks with members of the media pursuing a run rally successful Fort Valley, Georgia connected Nov. 17, 2022. (Brandon Gillespie)

"They've known this, and it's bittersweet that close present they're making it harder connected the voters by bringing questions into the predetermination strategy alternatively than conscionable letting radical ballot and getting this done erstwhile there's much time," Walker said.

Warnock, however, insisted his suit was well-founded, and accused Georgia officials of misinterpreting predetermination law.

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"I person spent years, agelong earlier moving for office, focused connected voting rights, elector mobilization, elector registration and making definite that each eligible elector tin beryllium heard. That's been my life's work, agelong earlier I was successful immoderate campaign. And so, I volition ever absorption connected strengthening our democracy, connected making definite that people's voices tin beryllium heard," helium told Fox. 

"This is not theoretical stuff. When you speech astir disallowing voting connected a Saturday, who does that hurt? I'll archer you who it hurts. It disproportionately hurts wage workers, radical who person to punch a clock. And truthful I privation to marque definite that determination is equity successful our system," helium said.

Republican U.S. Senate campaigner Herschel Walker speaks to supporters astatine a run rally connected Nov. 16, 2022, successful McDonough, Georgia.  (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

"It is my presumption that Georgia officials person misinterpreted the law, and truthful the lawsuit's intent is to get them to travel the instrumentality arsenic it is. It's not caller rules. I'm saying they person misinterpreted the instrumentality arsenic it is presently written, and it would beryllium little than liable for maine not to bash everything I tin to marque definite people's voices are heard, and that they person each close that ought to beryllium accorded to them nether the existent law," helium added.

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According to Georgia law, Saturday voting is prohibited arsenic agelong arsenic a authorities vacation falls wrong the 2 days anterior to that Saturday. In the lawsuit of the Dec. 6 runoff, Thanksgiving Day, which falls connected Thursday, Nov. 24, prevents immoderate voting from taking spot connected Saturday, Nov. 26, the day Georgia officials initially thought mightiness statesman the aboriginal voting period.

Each idiosyncratic region whitethorn take to connection up to 3 further aboriginal voting days erstwhile the predetermination results from the Nov. 8 predetermination are certified. However, aboriginal voting indispensable statesman by Monday, Nov. 28, and indispensable extremity connected Friday, Dec. 2.

A fig of wide media figures falsely blamed the prohibition of aboriginal voting connected Saturday, Nov. 26, connected a 2nd Georgia authorities vacation connected the Friday aft Thanksgiving. This day, simply referred to arsenic a "State Holiday," was formerly a time acceptable speech to grant the commencement of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, but was changed successful 2015.

U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) speaks astatine a run rally astatine the Tubman Museum connected Nov. 17, 2022 successful Macon, Georgia. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

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The instrumentality would inactive impact Saturday voting careless of the beingness of that Friday vacation due to the fact that of Thanksgiving besides falling wrong the two-day play preventing the commencement of aboriginal voting connected Saturday, Nov. 26.

Warnock's suit argues that the vacation instrumentality does not use to runoffs, but solely primaries and wide elections.