The MAGA fascists in the Trump campaign and the national Republican Party have been trying mightily to rig the election for their cult leader. In Georgia, a Republican-majority State Election Board passed rules to require hand counting of ballots and other measures intended to delay the vote count and potentially overturn a legitimate election if VP Harris were to win. From the Associated Press:
"Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox last week ruled that the State Election Board didn’t have the authority to adopt the new rules, and declared them 'illegal, unconstitutional and void.' The Republican National Committee and the Georgia Republican Party had appealed that ruling to Georgia’s highest court. They asked that it be handled in an expedited manner and for the rules to be reinstated while the appeal was pending.
The Supreme Court unanimously declined the request for expedited handling and declined to put Cox’s order on hold. The court’s order says that once the appeal is docketed it will 'proceed in the ordinary course,' which means it will likely take months before there’s a ruling. [snip]
The rules that Cox declared invalid included three that have gotten a lot of attention. One would require three poll workers to count ballots — not votes — by hand once polls close. The other two had to do with the process to certify county election results.
Democrats and some voting rights groups had raised concerns that the rules could be used by allies of Trump to slow or deny certification or election results, or to cast doubt on results if the former president loses the presidential election to Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris." (our emphasis)
So far, the vast majority of court decisions at the state level on election rules in swing states are favoring Dems, despite intense efforts by the Malignant Loser to alter them to his advantage.
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