Georgia's Supreme Court rejected a Republican-led effort to implement more than half a dozen controversial new election rules before Election Day. In a brief order issued Tuesday, the court declined to reinstate the seven new rules implemented by the State Election Board,

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 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.

The decision is yet another legal setback for the state election board, which sought to implement an array of changes in the weeks and months before the November vote.

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

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.

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.

Georgia voters are once again expected to play a pivotal role in the presidential election on Nov. 5, even as many are focusing on recovering and rebuilding from the devastating effects of Hurricane Helene.

The Georgia Supreme Court Tuesday afternoon declined the Republican National Committee’s request to pause a trial court’s decision to block new Georgia State Election Board rules from taking effect for the Nov.