Georgia Supreme Court Rejects GOP Bid to Reinstate State Election Rules

The state’s election rules, recently passed by the State Election Board, will not be implemented during this election cycle.

Voters stand in line to cast their ballots during the first day of early voting in the U.S. Senate runoff, in Atlanta on Dec. 14, 2020. Jessica McGowan/Getty Images

The Georgia Supreme Court on Oct. 22 rejected the GOP’s bid to restore seven election rules recently passed by the State Election Board, which had previously been struck down by a judge.

The Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Georgia Republican Party had filed a petition on Oct. 17 appealing a previous ruling from Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox that deemed the rules unconstitutional.