US supreme court backs Black voters challenging Georgia election rules

The supreme court decision came after conflicting rulings from lower courts earlier this month. Photograph: Sandy Huffaker/AFP/Getty Images

Black voters challenging Georgia’s method of electing members to the state’s public service commission scored a preliminary US supreme court order in their favor late Friday.

The decision came after conflicting rulings from lower courts earlier this month, offering up a rare example of the supreme court’s 6-3 conservative majority’s siding with voters over state officials.