Georgia judge declares election results must be certified by 'immovable deadline'

A Georgia judge issued a declaration on Tuesday that the 2024 presidential election result must be certified by an “immovable deadline” of Nov. 12 after two recent rules passed by the state Board of Elections were challenged by Democrats.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled that the Georgia election results must be certified by a Nov. 12 deadline, one week after the Nov. 5 Election Day. The Georgia Democratic Party and the Democratic National Committee challenged two recent rule changes by state election officials that they warned could lead to delays in the certification of the results and to chaos.