An examination of a new election rule in Georgia passed by the state’s Republican-controlled election board suggests that local officials in just a handful of rural counties could exclude enough votes to affect the outcome of the presidential race.

Local election officials in Georgia are scrambling to avoid chaos after a hard-right state election board reset rules in ways that could lead to delays and distrust in the 2024 vote.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney is hearing arguments for and against the recent rule changes approved by the Georgia Election Board regarding the upcoming presidential election.

Georgia Democrats urged a Fulton County judge Tuesday to throw out changes made by the Republican-controlled State Election Board ahead of next month’s presidential election. There are two new rules at the center of the case,

A state judge held a bench trial Tuesday over whether a flurry of recent rule changes from the Donald Trump-backed Georgia election board conflict with state law requiring local election boards to certify election results.