Republicans say they're appealing a Georgia judge’s ruling that invalidates seven election rules

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October 17th, 2024

People line up around the building at the Tucker-Reid H. Cofer branch of the Dekalb County Public Library on the first day of early voting.
People line up around the building at the Tucker-Reid H. Cofer branch of the Dekalb County Public Library on the first day of early voting in Georgia on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (Matthew Pearson/WABE)

This story was updated at 8:06 p.m.

National and state Republicans on Thursday appealed a judge’s ruling that said seven election rules recently passed by Georgia’s State Election Board are “illegal, unconstitutional and void.”

The Republican National Committee and the Georgia Republican Party are appealing a ruling from Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox, who ruled Wednesday that the State Election Board did not have the authority to pass the rules and ordered it to immediately inform all state and local election officials that the rules are void and not to be followed.

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