Overview

• The court upheld the rule requiring video surveillance of absentee ballot drop boxes after polls close, making it the only change to survive legal challenge.
• Justices invalidated four rules—including mandates for county boards to conduct a “reasonable inquiry” before certifying results and for precinct workers to hand-count ballots—citing unconstitutional delegation of legislative power.
• Two rules on posting daily vote totals online and expanding poll-watcher access were returned to Fulton County Superior Court for further review.
• The high court affirmed that individual voters have standing to sue over election-rule changes but ruled that advocacy groups lack such legal standing.
• The decision underscores judicial checks on the Republican-controlled board’s rulemaking and sets precedent for separation of powers in Georgia election law.