McBurney’s ruling could bring much needed clarity to the battleground state. Georgia law requires election boards to certify election by a Nov. 12 deadline. “While the superintendent must ...

With early voting in Georgia about to begin, McBurney’s order stated that the rule was “too much, too late” in the election cycle. The rule would have required the hand counting of ballots ...

In a decision late Tuesday, Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney agreed to block the rule’s application, writing that the public is “not disserved by pressing pause.” “This ...

regardless of one’s view of that date’s fame or infamy,” Judge Robert McBurney wrote in his order Tuesday. “Anything that adds uncertainty and disorder to the electoral process disserves ...

Newsweek has contacted the SEB via email for comment. In Tuesday's ruling, McBurney wrote that the hand count rule "is too much, too late" and granted a temporary injunction while he considers the ...

“[T]he public interest is not disserved by pressing pause here,” McBurney wrote in his order. “This election season is fraught; memories of January 6 have not faded away, regardless of one ...

Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney of Fulton County ... Election results must be certified by Georgia's individual counties by 5 p.m. the Monday or Tuesday after the race.

The decision only affects the current election. McBurney said that he is weighing the rule's merits and whether it could be applied in future cycles. Nevertheless, the outcome is a relief to ...

With just weeks to go until the presidential election, a Georgia judge has ruled that certification of election results by ...