A Georgia judge has ruled county election officials must certify election results by the deadline set in law and cannot exclude any group of votes from certification even if they suspect error or fraud.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled that “no election superintendent (or member of a board of elections and registration) may refuse to certify or abstain from certifying election results under any circumstance.” While they have the right to inspect the conduct of an election and to review related documents, he wrote, “any delay in receiving such information is not a basis for refusing to certify the election results or abstaining from doing so.”

Georgia law says county election superintendents, which are multimember boards in most counties, “shall” certify election results by 5 p.m. on the Monday after an election — or the Tuesday if Monday is a holiday as it is this year.

  • Flying Squid
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    1516 hours ago

    FUCKING CHRIST!

    THIS SHOULDN’T NEED A FUCKING RULING!

    WHETHER OR NOT THE PRESIDENT CAN COMMIT CRIMES SHOULDN’T HAVE NEEDED A FUCKING RULING!

    • @[email protected]
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      1616 hours ago

      I understand your frustration but have to add to it: These are the kind of people who will ignore the ruling anyway unless the election results suit them