The Georgia Supreme Court will hear the RNC's appeal of a judge's decision to block several new election rules from taking effect.
The Georgia Supreme Court is reviewing a judge’s decision to nullify new rules, including a hand-count ballot measure, passed by the Republican-majority State Elections Board . The Peach State’s highest court said it will hear the Republican National Committee’s appeal late last week after Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas A. Cox, Jr. ruled the measures were 'illegal, unconstitutional, and void.
Plaintiffs in the case included civil rights groups like the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP and Eternal Vigilance, as well as a current and a former state official. The state Supreme Court noted it 'lacks jurisdiction over this motion' but said it would take the case due to the 'issues of gravity and public importance' it presents. The RNC and its allies, including the Georgia state GOP, requested an emergency expedition of the appeals process.
In addition to the two aforementioned rules, the SEB measures struck down by Cox included an ID requirement and heightened documentation requirements for people delivering absentee ballots to drop boxes, and a rule requiring video surveillance of drop boxes for votes cast there to be counted. The plaintiffs in the case argued the SEB did not have the authority to make such rules.
However, party officials like Georgia GOP Chairman Josh McKoon argued the rules are necessary guardrails to ensuring election security. 'If his decision were upheld, it would severely curtail the ability of the state elections board to regulate our elections and to do the job,' McKoon said. Fox News Digital reached out to the Trump and Harris campaigns for comment.
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