Georgia's secretary of state and the chairman of the State Election Board have instructed all state and local election officials to disregard seven new rules that were recently overturned by a state judge. The invalidated rules included requirements for conducting a 'reasonable inquiry' into election results before certification and examining election-related documentation prior to certification.
The decision to ignore these rules comes after a ruling by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox, which also struck down other provisions such as mandating hand-counting of ballots at polling places and expanding poll watchers' access.
