Georgia judge rules that county election boards must certify results

Oct. 15 (UPI) -- A Georgia state judge shot down a Republican-led effort to broaden the power of county election officials on Tuesday, ruling they had an obligation to certify election results without delay and had no role in declining them.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney said in his ruling that state election boards don't have the power to reject such counts. Julie Adams, a Republican member of the Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections, brought the case, in hopes that McBurney would rule that certifying election results were "discretionary."

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