NonilexOct 2, 2024

#Election boards in #Georgia must #certify the state’s election results, judge says

A #FultonCounty judge appeared unlikely to toss out a new rule by the State Election Board requiring county ofcls to investigate election results, but he said they must certify them.

In 2 preelection trials Tues, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney said state #law requires county election boards to certify results one week after Election Day.

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https://www.ajc.com/politics/judge-georgia-election-certification-is-required-despite-new-rule/WHNJ3VH25BCATOGJAS55TGINFQ/

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#Republicans who … agreed that certification is mandatory — but w/an important caveat. They said individual board members had the *right* to vote “no” & a majority of members could decide to exclude #precincts from certification if they suspected *fraud* or *irregularities*.

McBurney didn’t immediately issue rulings after the Republican-controlled State #Election Board recently approved a rule calling for an undefined “reasonable inquiry” before certification on Nov 12.

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#Democrats who sued said the rule created an opening for rogue #election board members to reject the results. They warned the rule could lead to disputes over the vote count.

“The deadline is the deadline. Get done what you can. What is reasonable to one person might be not reasonable to another. But you make your inquiry & then it’s wheels up at 5PM on the 12th of November,” McBurney said.

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