‘No authority to legislate’: Judge slaps down multiple new election rules put in place by Trump allies in Georgia as ‘unconstitutional’ administrative agency overreach

Donald Trump in Wisconsin.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures as he departs a campaign event at Central Wisconsin Airport, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024, in Mosinee, Wis. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon).

For the second time this week, a judge in Fulton County, Georgia has pumped the brakes on recent changes to Peach State election rules.

Late Wednesday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox issued an 11-page order invalidating seven rules promulgated by the State Election Board as “unenforceable and void.”

The court found each rule was issued by the GOP-controlled board — whose majority is affiliated with former President Donald Trump — in excess of their “delegated authority” as an administrative agency.

“[T]he Georgia Constitution provides that only the General Assembly may provide for a law for a procedure whereby returns of all elections by the people are made to the Secretary of State,” the judge’s order reads. “The Election Code accomplishes this and the SEB has no authority to legislate otherwise.”

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