Georgia Republicans lashed out after a judge smacked down seven election rule changes as "illegal, unconstitutional and void." Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox found the rules violated state laws,

Georgia Fulton judge ruled Oct. 16 that seven Republican State Election Board rules were illegal and cannot be enforced in 2024 election.

A judge overturned changes to Georgia election rules made by a Republican-controlled state board in August, in a case brought by a conservative group which argued the changes would disrupt voting rights ahead of the Nov.

The measures had been promoted by the State Election Board. The judge called them “illegal, unconstitutional and void.”

The seven rules thrown out by a Georgia judge include one that required the number of ballots be hand-counted after the close of polls.

With less than three weeks to go before Election Day, the fate of several new rules that would impact how ballots are counted in Georgia is still in flux as judges wade through court challenges

A Georgia judge has halted a controversial new requirement for thousands of election workers to hand-count ballots in the November election.

The ruling prevents implementation of a series of decisions that critics had said threatened to cause chaos in the battleground state this election season.