Democrats are suing the Georgia State Election Board to halt the implementation of new rules that grant additional investigatory powers to county election boards.
On Aug. 26, the Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Party of Georgia filed a verified petition for declaratory relief in the Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia, against Georgia’s State Election Board.
The petition asks the court to enjoin the Election Board to make the certification of election results a mandatory duty and declare that election superintendents cannot delay the certification of election results nor refuse to certify them.
On Aug. 19, the board approved new rules allowing county election boards to conduct reasonable inquiries to ensure results are true and accurate and requiring the total ballot count to match the total number of voters….