Local Officials Cannot Refuse to Certify Election Results, Georgia ...
4 days ago · Judge McBurney, who was appointed to the court by Gov. Nathan Deal, a Republican, in 2012, also oversaw the special grand jury investigation into election interference by Mr. Trump, who was ...
Georgia judge says county election officials cannot delay or …
4 days ago · “Election superintendents in Georgia have a mandatory fixed obligation to certify election results,” Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney wrote in an 11-page ruling.
Judge Blocks Hand-Counting of Election Ballots in Georgia
4 days ago · Oct. 15, 2024. A county judge in Georgia on Tuesday blocked a new rule mandating a hand count of election ballots across the state. Enacting such a sweeping change for the November election, he ...
Judge McBurney Cites Jan. 6 as Reason for Stopping Georgia
3 days ago · Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney on August 14, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia. McBurney has blocked a Georgia rule that each ballot must be hand-counted after polls close in the 2024 ...
Georgia judge rules election officials can't delay ... - CBS News
4 days ago · Fulton County Judge Robert McBurney wrote in an order Monday that "election superintendents in Georgia have a mandatory fixed obligation to certify election results" by Nov. 12.
Georgia judge blocks rule requiring counties to hand-count ... - NBC News
4 days ago · By Adam Edelman. A Georgia judge on Tuesday blocked a new rule from the state's election board that would have required counties to count ballots cast on Election Day by hand, a provision critics ...
Who is Judge Robert McBurney, a key figure in the Georgia Trump ... - CNN
Aug 14, 2023 · Washington CNN — A Fulton County Superior Court judge who has presided over key parts of the Georgia probe against former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn 2020 election results in the...
Georgia judge signals a need to clarify ‘vague’ new election ...
Oct 1, 2024 · During a bench trial in the case on Tuesday, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney said the “reasonable inquiry” rule “on its face is vague and needs clarification.”
Georgia judge rules some of grand jury report in Trump probe ... - NBC News
Feb 13, 2023 · In an eight-page ruling, Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled that the report's introduction and conclusion, as well as section VIII, in which jurors express concern that some witnesses...
Georgia judge blocks election rule requiring hand counting ... - CBS News
4 days ago · Judge Robert McBurney called the rule "too much, too late." The judge expressed concern that the "11th-and-one-half hour implementation of the hand count rule" would lessen public confidence in ...