A great update from Georgia, John: Georgia’s highest court overturned four rules passed by the State Election Board just before last year’s general election, ruling the board overstepped its authority and intruded on lawmaking power reserved for legislators under the state constitution.
To refresh your memory: The State Election Board passed a slate of controversial new rules in August and September, including requirements that ballots be hand-counted after the close of polls, that someone delivering an absentee ballot in person provide a signature and photo ID, that county election board members be allowed to conduct a “reasonable inquiry” before certifying results, and that county election board members be granted broad access to election-related documents.
These new rules brought an outcry that the board’s majority was trying to improperly use its power to help MAGA candidates and follow disproved conspiracy theories about our elections.
The state Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to overturn these highly partisan, suppressive rules limits the ability of the State Election Board and other executive branch agencies of Georgia’s government to try and put their fingers on the scales and tip elections their way.
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