Georgia Supreme Court restricts what voting rules state election board can create

The Georgia Supreme Court on Tuesday unanimously ruled against the Republican-run state election board, restricting what voting rules it can create.

Georgia’s highest court upheld a lower court decision that blocked several controversial election laws instituted by the Trump-allied board. Two of the most controversial were a rule requiring an additional hand count of all ballots cast on Election Day, and another allowing local election board members to take “reasonable inquiry” before certifying election results.

“Although it is not certain that these rules would actually lead to the rejection of votes that have been cast, the threatened violation of a plaintiff’s rights is sufficient to establish standing” that they were able to sue, Chief Justice Nels Peterson wrote, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “The SEB can

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