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New Georgia election rules passed by Trump-backed board are unconstitutional, judge rules
the fulton county superior court judge just struck down mandatory hand counting at polling stations and 6 other illegal and unconstitutional election rules in georgia that the trump campaign was fighting for and got some of his stooges on the elections board to approve of.
get fucked losers.
Lawfare?also in the peach state this week
Local Officials Cannot Refuse to Certify Election Results, Georgia Judge Rules
A county judge in Georgia has rejected an argument by allies of former President Donald J. Trump that local election officials have the power to refuse to certify election results, finding the process to be mandatory and one that must meet critical deadlines.
The ruling cuts at the heart of a key argument from right-wing activists following the 2020 election, when Mr. Trump sought to disrupt the certification process as part of his bid to subvert the results. In years since, right-wing groups have been seeking much broader authority and power over the certification process, an ambitious — and legally dubious — attempt to reimagine decades of settled law.
In May, Julie Adams, a member of the Fulton County Board of Elections and a close ally of right-wing election activists in Georgia, filed a lawsuit arguing that she had the right to refuse to certify an election.
But Judge Robert C.I. McBurney ruled on Monday evening that the effort to wrest control of certification was unconstitutional and against state law, and that law enforcement and the courts remained the proper venue for any investigations, challenges or concerns about the integrity of an election.
“If election superintendents were, as Plaintiff urges, free to play investigator, prosecutor, jury, and judge and so — because of a unilateral determination of error or fraud — refuse to certify election results, Georgia voters would be silenced,” Judge McBurney wrote. “Our Constitution and our Election Code do not allow for that to happen.”
In a statement sent by Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign, Democrats, who intervened in the suit in December, heralded the decision as protecting the will of voters. “Donald Trump and MAGA Republicans don’t get to decide who wins elections — voters do,” the statement said.
Local Officials Cannot Refuse to Certify Election Results, Georgia Judge Rules (Published 2024)
The ruling cuts at the heart of a key argument made by right-wing activists since the 2020 election, when Donald Trump sought to disrupt the certification process as part of his bid to subvert the results.www.nytimes.com
aww shucks. another republican effort to undermine the election just went to shit. guess if they want to win they're gonna have to win it by votes.
@Strychnine aren't you from georgia? rest easy knowing that your vote will count, and so will your states.
Election interference?
Two tears.
