Republican battleground state legal blitz falters ahead of US presidential election
- Donald Trump’s Republican allies have suffered a string of courtroom setbacks in battleground U.S. presidential election states as Election Day draws closer, losses which could boost voter turnout and speed certification of the eventual winner.
The other decisions include four rulings against Republicans in Georgia, where judges have blocked last-minute changes to election rules championed by Trump's allies, including one that would have required poll workers to hand count ballots, as well as cases seeking to purge voter rolls and block some Americans who are living overseas from voting.
The Republican court losses undermine what party members say are efforts to tighten election security measures to prevent fraud, which Trump falsely claims cost him the 2020 election. "Our unprecedented election integrity operation is committed to defending the law and protecting every legal vote. We have engaged, and won, in record numbers of legal battles to secure our election," Zunk said.
The judge, Robert McBurney, issued an order in a separate case the following day that blocked the Georgia hand count rule from taking effect, saying the change had been made too close to the election. In his ruling, Cox said the board overstepped its authority with the 11th-hour rule changes, declaring them"illegal, unconstitutional, and void."
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