A county judge in Georgia on Tuesday blocked a new rule passed by the GOP-controlled State Elections Board that would have mandated a hand count of ballots. Judge Robert C.I. McBurney said that such a sweeping change so close to an election, and one that has been criticized by election officials as an attempt to delay the results to sow doubt on the process, was “too much, too late.”
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.
