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, Fulto… ...

The hand count rule and others were passed in September by the five-person State Election Board on a 3-2 vote, pushed through by a trio of supporters of former President Donald Trump.

A Georgia judge ruled that a rule to hand count ballots on election night was "too much, too late" to implement for this year's election, just weeks away.

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 ...

A judge has blocked a new rule that requires Georgia Election Day ballots to be counted by hand after the close of voting. The ruling came a day after the same judge ruled that county election ...

The new rule, which was passed Sept. 20, would require three separate individuals in each precinct to count the number of ballots by hand and confirm each of their counts matches those of the others.

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.

Judge Robert McBurney granted a request from election officials in Cobb County and others to pause a rule that would require poll workers to hand-count the number of ballots soon after polls close.

By Kate Brumback - Associated Press - Tuesday, October 15, 2024 ATLANTA — A judge has blocked a new rule that requires Georgia Election Day ballots to be counted by hand after the close of voting.

Topline 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 ...

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 ...