A non-jury trial in a lawsuit challenging the rules got underway on Tuesday before Judge Robert McBurney in Fulton County Superior Court in Atlanta. Democrats are urging McBurney either to nullify the rules or issue orders clarifying that the measures cannot interfere with the certification of election results by the Nov. 12 deadline.

A Georgia judge overseeing Democrats’ challenges to new election rules created by the state’s Republican-majority election board seemed less than enthused about the idea of tossing out those rules on Tuesday,

Democrats want a judge to block the Georgia State Election Board's newly passed requirement for counties to hand-count ballots cast on Election Day.

Two controversial new rules passed by Georgia's State Election Board concerning the certification of vote tallies are getting their first test in court.

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.

A judge in Georgia is signaling that he’s inclined to keep two new rules created by the state’s election board that drew outrage from Democrats, while also clarifying from both parties that the certification of election results is nonnegotiable.