A new Georgia election rule that would require a hand count of ballots on election night will not take effect before November’s contest, a state judge ruled.. In a decision late Tuesday, Fulton ...

Lee County poll workers Debbie Jack (L) and Donna Mathis (R) practice counting ballots as part of new election hand count rules instituted by the Georgia State Election Board, in Leesburg, Georgia ...

Georgia judge ruled to halt a planned hand count of ballots on election night By Sarah Rumpf-Whitten Fox News Published October 16, 2024 6:43am EDT ...

This story was updated to add new information. A Georgia judge blocked a controversial ballot hand-count rule from going into effect before the November election, writing that the last-minute ...

Georgia judge blocks controversial ballot hand tally rule. ... “Should the Hand Count Rule take effect as scheduled, it would do so on the very fortnight of the election,” he wrote.

A judge on Tuesday blocked a controversial new Georgia election rule that would have required poll workers to hand count ballots, handing another setback to allies of former President Donald Trump.

A Georgia judge blocked a new rule requiring ballots to be hand-counted on election night, delivering another blow to GOP election officials in the state—many of whom falsely blame election ...

Georgia judge blocks state’s ballot hand counting rule Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney looks through paperwork, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023, in Atlanta.

Georgia judge blocks ballot-counting rule and says county officials must certify ... Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney wrote that the so-called hand count rule “is too ...

A Georgia judge appeared skeptical of a controversial new rule from the Georgia State Election Board at a court hearing Tuesday. The rule would require thousands of state voting precincts to hand ...

The hand-count rule was passed on Sept. 20 by a pro-Trump conservative majority of Georgia's election board, who said they were attempting to make the Nov. 5 election more secure and transparent.