Judge ponders Cobb County challenge to Georgia election board rules OK'd close to start of voting

A Cobb County election board attorney argued Tuesday against requiring local officials to follow a new ballot-counting procedure and several other new state election rules set to be in place for the Nov. 5 general election.

The latest legal battles over the Georgia State Election Board’s controversial rulemaking issued in recent months is playing out in courts this week. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney held a hearing Tuesday regarding the Cobb County Board of Elections and Registration lawsuit seeking to overturn six rules adopted by the State Election Board in September.

Cobb officials claim the rules are unlawful and unnecessary changes to implement during this year’s election season. Early voting in Georgia began Tuesday with a first-day record number of voters casting ballots at advanced voting locations.

On Wednesday, Fulton Judge Thomas A. Cox Jr. is set to conduct a hearing on two separate election lawsuits, including several rules also being challenged in court by the Cobb election board.


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