Tag Archives: Georgia election board

Jimmy Williams In a significant legal decision, the Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected a Republican bid to immediately reinstate recently passed election rules that were ruled invalid by a lower court. The rules, passed by the State Election Board, were declared “illegal, unconstitutional, and void” by Fulton County Superior …

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder A Fulton County judge issued a ruling Tuesday night rejecting a Georgia State Election Board’s new ballot hand-count rule from taking effect on the night of Georgia’s Nov. 5 general election. Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney issued the ruling temporarily blocking the new Georgia election board …

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Three Donald Trump loyalist Georgia State Election Board members adopted a contentious rule Friday requiring the hand counting of paper ballots cast during the upcoming Nov. 5 election despite warnings from county election directors that it could lead to more delays with reporting results this fall. …

Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Several Democratic Georgia lawmakers, and religious and civil rights leaders implored Gov. Brian Kemp Monday to remove three Donald Trump loyalist State Election Board members accused of holding an illegal meeting and enacting illegal election rules over the last several weeks. The fallout from a July …