The U.S. swing state of Georgia's top court declined on Tuesday to hear an expedited appeal by Republicans of a decision blocking a new rule that would have required poll workers to hand-count ballots.

The Georgia Supreme Court won’t let the state election board enforce a slate of controversial new election rules that were passed by allies of Donald Trump, ruling Tuesday against Republicans who asked for them to be revived as early voting got underway in the critical battleground state.

Georgia judges are picking apart controversial new election rules in the state as record-breaking amid early voting. The rules, imposed by Georgia’s Republican-led State Election Board, stood to upend election procedures in the weeks before Election Day.

The U.S. swing state of Georgia's top court declined on Tuesday to hear an expedited appeal by Republicans of a ruling blocking new rules that would have empowered county officials to challenge election results.

The Georgia Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by national and state Republicans to immediately reinstate recently passed election rules that a judge had ruled were invalid

A Fulton County Superior Court judge ruled last week that the State Election Board did not have the authority to pass the rules. The Georgia Supreme Court agreed.

Georgia’s top court on Tuesday declined to let several controversial election rules go into effect while it weighs an appeal by national Republicans. They were passed in recent months by the State Election Board,