Georgia Judge Rules County Officials Can’t Delay, Decline to Certify Election Results

State law requires county election superintendents to certify election results by 5 p.m. on the Monday following the election.
Georgia Judge Rules County Officials Can’t Delay, Decline to Certify Election Results
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney in Atlanta on May 2, 2022. Ben Gray/AP Photo
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A Georgia judge has ruled that county election officials must certify election results by the statutory deadline regardless of irregularities or suspected fraud.

Georgia law requires county election superintendents to certify election results by 5 p.m. on the Monday following the election—or the Tuesday, if the date falls on a federal holiday, as it does this year.

Samantha Flom
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