The Georgia Supreme Court has declined to reinstate controversial new rules passed by the Georgia State Election Board ahead of the 2024 election.
The Georgia Republican Party and the Republican National Committee asked the state high court to reinstall seven rules ahead of the election after a judge found them “illegal, unconstitutional and invalid” in a decision last week.
The rules included two changes to how local election boards certify election results and another mandating a hand count of the number of ballots cast on Election Day.
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