A county judge in Georgia on Tuesday blocked a new rule mandating a hand count of election ballots across the state. Enacting such a sweeping change for the November election, he said, was “too ...

A Georgia judge ruled that a rule to hand count ballots on election night was "too much, too late" to implement for this year's election, just weeks away.

Topline A Georgia judge late on Tuesday blocked a new rule passed that required hand counting of ballots on election night, delivering another blow to GOP election officials in the state—many of ...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has repeatedly ordered election officials not to count undated ballots but a court called the restriction 'meaningless' ...

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.

Judge Robert McBurney said it was appropriate to pause the vote counting change because it introduced fresh uncertainty into the process just weeks before Election Day.