The Georgia Supreme Court has denied the Republican Party’s request to immediately reinstate new ballot rules passed by the State Election Board (SEB) last month.
The Peach State’s highest court said it will hear the Republican National Committee’s (RNC’s) request for an expedited appeal late last week after Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas A. Cox, Jr. ruled the measures were “illegal, unconstitutional, and void.”
The one-page decision by the state Supreme Court released on Tuesday afternoon indicates that ruling will remain in place through Election Day.
Cox’s decision covered a requirement for ballots at each precinct to be hand counted by three separate county officials to ensure the total matches the machine-tabulated number, as well as a provision directing county boards to certify election results only after “a reasonable inquiry” into their accuracy, among others.
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