The judge wrote that there was "a substantial threat of irreparable harm," if the hand count rule were to be implemented for the upcoming election.

A Georgia judge halted the controversial "Hand-Count Rule" after a NAACP lawsuit, claiming it threatened voters' rights in the upcoming election.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney temporarily suspended a state rule on Tuesday requiring paper ballots to be hand-counted in Georgia in the upcoming US election. The decision came in ...

Local voters welcome the judge’s decision to block the hand count rule, citing concerns over potential delays.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney on Tuesday had temporarily blocked the hand-count for the November election while he considers the legal merits.

One new rule that a judge blocked requires that three separate poll workers count the number of Election Day ballots by hand to make sure the number of paper ballots matches the electronic tallies ...

A county judge in Georgia on Tuesday blocked a new rule passed by the GOP-controlled State Elections Board that would have mandated a hand count of ballots. Judge Robert C.I. McBurney said that ...

A new Georgia election rule that would require a hand count of ballots on election night will not take effect before November’s contest, a state judge ruled. In a decision late Tuesday, Fulton ...

ATLANTA — A state court today permanently blocked the Georgia State Election Board’s new rule requiring the hand counting of ballots in the upcoming November election. Earlier this month, a coalition ...

Judge invalidates new Georgia election rules, including ones on ballot hand count and certification A Georgia judge has declared that seven new election rules recently passed by the State Election ...

ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has blocked a new rule that requires Georgia Election Day ballots to be counted by hand after the close of voting. The ruling came a day after the same judge ruled that ...