Georgia election rules passed by Trump-backed board are ‘illegal’, declares judge

Fulton judge invalidates seven new rules, including one that requires ballots be hand-counted after polls close

A Georgia judge has declared that seven new election rules recently passed by the state election board are illegal, unconstitutional and void".

Fulton county superior court judge Thomas Cox issued the order Wednesday after holding a hearing on challenges to the rules. The rules that Cox invalidated include three that had gotten a lot of attention - one that requires that the number of ballots be hand-counted after the close of polls and two that had to do with the certification of election results.