Georgia’s New 2024 Election Rules Again Blocked in Court

For the second day in a row a judge has blocked new rules passed by Georgia’s election board ahead of the November election, declaring that the changes to how ballots are counted and how vote counts are certified are “illegal, unconstitutional and void.”

The rules struck down by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox on Wednesday included a directive to county officials to conduct a “reasonable inquiry” into the election before certifying results and a requirement that poll workers in each precinct hand-count ballots.

Cox’s ruling follows an order the day before from one of his colleagues in Fulton ...