Election Case Tracker: Judge Rejects RNC Bid to Halt Absentee Ballot Count

A federal judge rejected a bid by the GOP to halt the counting of absentee ballots in seven of the Georgia’s 159 counties delivered by hand over the weekend and through Election Day.

The lawsuit sought to halt the counting of hand-delivered absentee ballots in Democratic-leaning Fulton, DeKalb, Cobb, Gwinnett, Athens-Clarke, Clayton, and Chatham counties.

US District Judge R. Stan Baker ruled Tuesday that the RNC failed to make a persuasive case that he should reject the ballots, which he said were properly submitted under Georgia law. He said that a federal judge should not alter an election “on the ...