Key parts of Trump allies Georgia election rule plan tossed

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A Georgia judge invalidated several new election rules on Wednesday, calling the measures approved by the state's Republican-controlled election board "unconstitutional" and in violation of state law.

The ruling, handed down by Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox, applies to a hand-count rule for Election Day ballots and rules tied to the certification of results.

Cox wrote that the five-member board, which includes three officials lauded by former President Donald Trump, "had no authority to implement these rules," and that the measures were “illegal, unconstitutional, and void.”

Cox’s ruling comes a day after Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney blocked the rule requiring that ballots be hand-counted on Election Day which critics have argued would stir delays in reporting the final results. The judge also ruled that the state’s county election boards could not refuse to certify election results.