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☆ Judge invalidates key parts of Georgia election rules crafted by Trump allies
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-17 | by ( Zoë Richards | Zoë Richards Is A Politics Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

A Georgia judge invalidated several new election rules on Wednesday, calling the measures approved by the state's Republican-controlled election board "unconstitutional" and in violation of state law. The ruling, handed down by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox, applies to a hand-count rule for Election Day ballots and rules tied to the certification of results. Follow live updates on the 2024 electionCox’s ruling comes a day after Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney blocked the rule requiring that ballots be hand-counted on Election Day which critics have argued would stir delays in reporting the final results. The judge also ruled that the state’s county election boards could not refuse to certify election results. Voters in the battleground state, which Trump narrowly lost to President Joe Biden in 2020, began heading to the polls for in-person early voting on Tuesday.

Persons: Thomas Cox, Cox, Donald Trump, Cox’s, Robert McBurney, Trump, Joe Biden Organizations: Republican, State's Locations: Georgia, Fulton County, Fulton, state’s

☆ New Georgia election rules passed by Trump-backed board are unconstitutional, judge rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-16 | by ( Devan Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —A judge in Georgia has struck down a slate of controversial new election rules passed by Donald Trump allies, including two that Democrats say would inject post-election “chaos” into the critical battleground state. Three GOP members of the Georgia State Election Board were thrust into the spotlight after Trump mentioned them by name at a rally in Atlanta this summer. Among the other rules Cox invalidated is one that would have required officials to hand-count the number of ballots cast at each polling place, saying Georgia law didn’t support the requirement. A different judge in the state paused the ballot hand counting rule on Tuesday in a separate challenge brought against it by Cobb County. “The rule vastly expands the authority and obligations of poll officials in preparing ballots pre-delivery to the superintendents and pre-certification,” Cox wrote Wednesday.

Persons: CNN —, Donald Trump, Thomas Cox, ” “, ” Cox, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Trump, “, ” Trump, ”, Cox, didn’t Organizations: CNN, Trump, Democratic, Peach State, GOP, Vigilance Locations: Georgia, Fulton, Peach, Atlanta, Cobb County

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