In a decision late Tuesday, Fulton County Superior Judge Robert McBurney agreed to block the rule’s application ... by the end of voting, at which point a poll manager could push counting ...

that means the certification must be delivered by Nov. 11 at 5 p.m. “There are no exceptions,” McBurney said, underscoring his order’s point of the legal requirements in Georgia to certify ...

McBurney then quoted from the Trump appointee’s 2022 opinion (which Justice Samuel Alito joined), putting in brackets the Hand Count Rule to illustrate the point: [S]tate and local election ...

However, McBurney’s decision could sow doubt about the measures that the Georgia State Board of Elections passed as a means for election integrity. The rules at this point are effectively ...

FILE - Abortion rights protesters rally near the Georgia state Capitol in Atlanta, on May 14, SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — When a Georgia judge overturned the state's abortion ban this week, abortion ...

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, Fulton County ...

To be on time for the Nov. 5 presidential election, the approval has to be turned in by Nov. 11 at 5 p.m. “There are no exceptions,” McBurney said, underscoring his order’s point of the legal ...

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 ...

“[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 ...