An appeals court in Georgia on Friday declined to expedite its review of an appeal challenging a judge’s order that requires county election officials to certify election results by the legally established deadline.
The ruling effectively reinforces a judge’s earlier ruling this week mandating that board members follow certification procedures for the upcoming November election regardless of irregularities or suspected fraud.
Georgia law mandates that county election superintendents certify election results by 5 p.m. on the Monday after the election. If that Monday falls on a federal holiday (as it does this year), the deadline shifts to Tuesday.
The Georgia Court of Appeals’ Friday ruling came in response to a lawsuit by Julie Adams, a Republican member of the Fulton County Board of Elections and Registrations, a primarily Democratic area encompassing Atlanta….