A Georgia judge blocked a controversial hand-count rule passed by the state’s Republican-led state. The elections The commission has found the rule approved six weeks before the election day to be “quite wrong”.
“Because the hand count rule is too much, too late, its enforcement is enjoined while the court considers the merits,” Judge Robert McBurney wrote in his order Tuesday night, according to a copy of the order published by the Democracy Docket.
In his eight-page ruling, McBurney listed several problems with the late adoption of the rule — including the lack of training in the hand-counting process — and warned that a new rule could invite chaos and error. the council wants to prevent them.
“The administrative chaos that will – and may not – arise is completely incompatible with the way our electoral commissions (and SEBs) ensure that our elections are fair, legal and orderly,” the order stated.
A voter casts a ballot in the Super Tuesday primary at a polling place at the American Legion Post in Hawthorne, California, March 5, 2024. Americans in 15 states and territories vote simultaneously on “Super Tuesday,” an expected milestone in the campaign calendar. leave Donald Trump within a hair’s breadth of securing the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP via Getty Images)
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Notably, McBurney noted in his ruling that this election season has seen an increase in division across the country:
“This election season is fraught; the memories of Jan. 6 do not fade, regardless of the date’s popularity or view of its infamy,” McBurney wrote. “Anything that adds uncertainty and disorder to the electoral process has no audience.”
Mcburny wrote that his temporary injunction would remain in effect until “final order” in the case.
