Republicans Appeal Georgia Judge's Ruling On Election Certification

New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation U.S. presidential primary election is held at the Medallion Opera House in Gorham

Republicans have appealed a ruling by a Georgia judge that said local officials are subject to a “mandatory fixed obligation” to certify election results in the critical battleground state.

In a major decision last week, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney stated that officials cannot “refuse to certify or abstain from certifying election results under any circumstance,” dealing a blow to an effort by conservatives to gain the legal right to reject results based on a suspicion of fraud or abuse.